Auditory Nerve Fibers Excite Targets Through Synapses That Vary in Convergence, Strength, and Short-Term Plasticity

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 104; no. 5; pp. 2308 - 2320
• Main Authors: Cao, Xiao-Jie, Oertel, Donata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.11.2010
• Subjects: Animals; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Cluster Analysis; Cochlear Nerve - physiology; Cochlear Nucleus - physiology; Electric Stimulation; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials - physiology; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Nerve Fibers - physiology; Neuronal Plasticity - physiology; Neurons - physiology; Octopus; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Receptors, AMPA - physiology; Synapses - physiology

Auditory nerve fibers are the major source of excitation to the three groups of principal cells of the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN), bushy, T stellate, and octopus cells. Shock-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (eEPSCs) in slices from mice showed systematic differences between groups of prin...