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PMCA2 pump mutations and hereditary deafness.
Neuroscience letters - 10 Jan 2018
Bortolozzi Mario, Mammano Fabio
Abstract excerpt
Hair cells of the inner ear detect sound stimuli, inertial or gravitational forces by deflection of their apical stereocilia. A small number of stereociliary cation-selective mechanotransduction (MET) channels admit K+ and Ca2+ ions into the cytoplasm promoting hair cell membrane depolarization and, consequently, neurotransmitter release at the cell basolateral pole. Ca2+ influx into the stereocilia compartment...
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