Presynaptic calcium channels: specialized control of synaptic neurotransmitter release

AC Dolphin, A Lee - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Chemical synapses are heterogeneous junctions formed between neurons that are
specialized for the conversion of electrical impulses into the exocytotic release of …

Targeting voltage-gated calcium channels in neurological and psychiatric diseases

GW Zamponi - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Voltage-gated calcium channels are important regulators of brain, heart and muscle
functions, and their dysfunction can give rise to pathophysiological conditions ranging from …

Auditory neuropathy—neural and synaptic mechanisms

T Moser, A Starr - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2016 - nature.com
Sensorineural hearing impairment is the most common form of hearing loss, and
encompasses pathologies of the cochlea and the auditory nerve. Hearing impairment …

Auditory synaptopathy, auditory neuropathy, and cochlear implantation

AE Shearer, MR Hansen - Laryngoscope investigative …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cochlear implantation has become the standard‐of‐care for adults and children with severe
to profound hearing loss. There is growing evidence that qualitative as well as quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders: from diagnosis to treatment: literature review and case reports

RD De Siati, F Rosenzweig, G Gersdorff… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) refers to a range of hearing impairments
characterized by deteriorated speech perception, despite relatively preserved pure-tone …

Diversity matters—extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses

T Moser, N Karagulyan, J Neef… - The EMBO Journal, 2023 - embopress.org
Our sense of hearing enables the processing of stimuli that differ in sound pressure by more
than six orders of magnitude. How to process a wide range of stimulus intensities with …

Voltage-gated calcium channels: key players in sensory coding in the retina and the inner ear

T Pangrsic, JH Singer, A Koschak - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Calcium influx through voltage-gated Ca (CaV) channels is the first step in synaptic
transmission. This review concerns CaV channels at ribbon synapses in primary sense …

Hair cells use active zones with different voltage dependence of Ca2+ influx to decompose sounds into complementary neural codes

TL Ohn, MA Rutherford, Z Jing, S Jung… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
For sounds of a given frequency, spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) with different thresholds
and dynamic ranges collectively encode the wide range of audible sound pressures …

Calcium sensors in neuronal function and dysfunction

RD Burgoyne, N Helassa… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Calcium signaling in neurons as in other cell types can lead to varied changes in cellular
function. Neuronal Ca2+ signaling processes have also become adapted to modulate the …

Review of hair cell synapse defects in sensorineural hearing impairment

T Moser, F Predoehl, A Starr - Otology & Neurotology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Review of Hair Cell Synapse Defects in Sensorineural Hearing... : Otology & Neurotology
Review of Hair Cell Synapse Defects in Sensorineural Hearing Impairment : Otology & …