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Position-dependent patterning of spontaneous action potentials in immature cochlear inner hair cells
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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:38 authored by Stuart L Johnson, Tobias Eckrich, Stephanie Kuhn, Valeria Zampini, Christoph Franz, Kishani M Ranatunga, Terri P Roberts, Sergio Masetto, Marlies Knipper, Corne Kros, Walter MarcottiSpontaneous action potential activity is crucial for mammalian sensory system development. In the auditory system, patterned firing activity has been observed in immature spiral ganglion and brain-stem neurons and is likely to depend on cochlear inner hair cell (IHC) action potentials. It remains uncertain whether spiking activity is intrinsic to developing IHCs and whether it shows patterning. We found that action potentials were intrinsically generated by immature IHCs of altricial rodents and that apical IHCs showed bursting activity as opposed to more sustained firing in basal cells. We show that the efferent neurotransmitter acetylcholine fine-tunes the IHC's resting membrane potential (Vm), and as such is crucial for the bursting pattern in apical cells. Endogenous extracellular ATP also contributes to the Vm of apical and basal IHCs by triggering small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK2) channels. We propose that the difference in firing pattern along the cochlea instructs the tonotopic differentiation of IHCs and auditory pathway.
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Nature NeuroscienceISSN
1097-6256Publisher
Nature Publishing GroupExternal DOI
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6Volume
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711-717Department affiliated with
- Neuroscience Publications
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