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Sensitivity to Envelope Interaural Time Differences: Modeling Auditory Modulation Filtering by Brughera, Andrew, Ballestero, Jimena A., McAlpine, David

“…For amplitude-modulated sound, the envelope interaural time difference (ITD ENV ) is a potential cue for sound-source location. ITD ENV is encoded in the…”
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Phytosterols reverse antiretroviral-induced hearing loss, with potential implications for cochlear aging by Sodero, Alejandro O, Castagna, Valeria C, Elorza, Setiembre D, Gonzalez-Rodulfo, Sara M, Paulazo, María A, Ballestero, Jimena A, Martin, Mauricio G, Gomez-Casati, María Eugenia

“…Cholesterol contributes to neuronal membrane integrity, supports membrane protein clustering and function, and facilitates proper signal transduction…”
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Subthreshold resonance properties contribute to the efficient coding of auditory spatial cues by Remme, Michiel W H, Donato, Roberta, Mikiel-Hunter, Jason, Ballestero, Jimena A, Foster, Simon, Rinzel, John, McAlpine, David

“…Neurons in the medial superior olive (MSO) and lateral superior olive (LSO) of the auditory brainstem code for sound-source location in the horizontal plane,…”
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A point mutation in the hair cell nicotinic cholinergic receptor prolongs cochlear inhibition and enhances noise protection by Taranda, Julian, Maison, Stéphane F, Ballestero, Jimena A, Katz, Eleonora, Savino, Jessica, Vetter, Douglas E, Boulter, Jim, Liberman, M Charles, Fuchs, Paul A, Elgoyhen, A Belén

“…The transduction of sound in the auditory periphery, the cochlea, is inhibited by efferent cholinergic neurons projecting from the brainstem and synapsing…”
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α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit is required for normal synaptic function and integrity of the olivocochlear system by Vetter, Douglas E, Katz, Eleonora, Maison, Stéphane F, Taranda, Julián, Turcan, Sevin, Ballestero, Jimena, Liberman, M. Charles, Elgoyhen, A. Belén, Boulter, Jim

“…Although homomeric channels assembled from the α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit are functional in vitro, electrophysiological, anatomical,…”
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Reducing Current Spread by Use of a Novel Pulse Shape for Electrical Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve by Ballestero, Jimena, Recugnat, Matthieu, Laudanski, Jonathan, Smith, Katie E., Jagger, Daniel J., Gnansia, Daniel, McAlpine, David

“…Improving the electrode-neuron interface to reduce current spread between individual electrodes has been identified as one of the main objectives in the search…”
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Constitutive Expression of the alpha 10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Fails to Maintain Cholinergic Responses in Inner Hair Cells After the Onset of Hearing by Taranda, Julian, Ballestero, Jimena A, Hiel, Hakim, Souza, Flavio SJde, Wedemeyer, Carolina, Gomez-Casati, MEugenia, Lipovsek, Marcela, Vetter, Douglas E, Fuchs, Paul A, Katz, Eleonora, Elgoyhen, ABelen

“…Efferent inhibition of cochlear hair cells is mediated by alpha 9 alpha 10 nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChRs) functionally coupled to calcium-activated,…”
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Cortical neurons and networks are dormant but fully responsive during isoelectric brain state by Altwegg-Boussac, Tristan, Schramm, Adrien E, Ballestero, Jimena, Grosselin, Fanny, Chavez, Mario, Lecas, Sarah, Baulac, Michel, Naccache, Lionel, Demeret, Sophie, Navarro, Vincent, Mahon, Séverine, Charpier, Stéphane

“…A continuous isoelectric electroencephalogram reflects an interruption of endogenously-generated activity in cortical networks and systematically results in a…”
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A Gain-of-Function Mutation in the α9 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Alters Medial Olivocochlear Efferent Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity by Wedemeyer, Carolina, Vattino, Lucas G, Moglie, Marcelo J, Ballestero, Jimena, Maison, Stéphane F, Di Guilmi, Mariano N, Taranda, Julian, Liberman, M Charles, Fuchs, Paul A, Katz, Eleonora, Elgoyhen, Ana Belén

“…Gain control of the auditory system operates at multiple levels. Cholinergic medial olivocochlear (MOC) fibers originate in the brainstem and make synaptic…”
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The alpha 10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit is required for normal synaptic function and integrity of the olivocochlear system by Vetter, Douglas E, Katz, Eleonora, Maison, Stephane F, Taranda, Julian, Turcan, Sevin, Ballestero, Jimena, Liberman, MCharles, Elgoyhen, ABelen, Boulter, Jim

“…Although homomeric channels assembled from the alpha 9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit are functional in vitro, electrophysiological,…”
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Short-term synaptic plasticity regulates the level of olivocochlear inhibition to auditory hair cells by Ballestero, Jimena, Zorrilla de San Martín, Javier, Goutman, Juan, Elgoyhen, Ana Belén, Fuchs, Paul A, Katz, Eleonora

“…In the mammalian inner ear, the gain control of auditory inputs is exerted by medial olivocochlear (MOC) neurons that innervate cochlear outer hair cells…”
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Activation of Presynaptic GABAB(1a,2) Receptors Inhibits Synaptic Transmission at Mammalian Inhibitory Cholinergic Olivocochlear-Hair Cell Synapses by Wedemeyer, Carolina, Zorrilla de San Martin, Javier, Ballestero, Jimena, Gomez-Casati, Maria Eugenia, Torbidoni, Ana Vanesa, Fuchs, Paul A, Bettler, Bernhard, Elgoyhen, Ana Belen, Katz, Eleonora

“…The synapse between olivocochlear (OC) neurons and cochlear mechanosensory hair cells is cholinergic, fast, and inhibitory. The inhibitory sign of this…”
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Subthreshold resonance properties contribute to the efficient coding of auditory spatial cues by Remme, Michiel W. H., Donato, Roberta, Mikiel-Hunter, Jason, Ballestero, Jimena A., Foster, Simon, Rinzel, John, McAlpine, David

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Ca2+ and Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels That Support and Modulate Transmitter Release at the Olivocochlear Efferent-Inner Hair Cell Synapse by Zorrilla de San Martin, Javier, Pyott, Sonja, Ballestero, Jimena, Katz, Eleonora

“…In the mammalian auditory system, the synapse between efferent olivocochlear (OC) neurons and sensory cochlear hair cells is cholinergic, fast, and inhibitory…”
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Activation of Presynaptic GABA B(1a,2) Receptors Inhibits Synaptic Transmission at Mammalian Inhibitory Cholinergic Olivocochlear–Hair Cell Synapses by Wedemeyer, Carolina, Zorrilla de San Martín, Javier, Ballestero, Jimena, Gómez-Casati, María Eugenia, Torbidoni, Ana Vanesa, Fuchs, Paul A., Bettler, Bernhard, Elgoyhen, Ana Belén, Katz, Eleonora

“…The synapse between olivocochlear (OC) neurons and cochlear mechanosensory hair cells is cholinergic, fast, and inhibitory. The inhibitory sign of this…”
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Ca 2+ and Ca 2+ -Activated K + Channels That Support and Modulate Transmitter Release at the Olivocochlear Efferent–Inner Hair Cell Synapse by Zorrilla de San Martín, Javier, Pyott, Sonja, Ballestero, Jimena, Katz, Eleonora

“…In the mammalian auditory system, the synapse between efferent olivocochlear (OC) neurons and sensory cochlear hair cells is cholinergic, fast, and inhibitory…”
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A Point Mutation in the Hair Cell Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Prolongs Cochlear Inhibition and Enhances Noise Protection: e1000018 by Taranda, Julian, Maison, Stéphane F, Ballestero, Jimena A, Katz, Eleonora, Savino, Jessica, Vetter, Douglas E, Boulter, Jim, Liberman, M Charles, Fuchs, Paul A, Elgoyhen, A Belén

“…The transduction of sound in the auditory periphery, the cochlea, is inhibited by efferent cholinergic neurons projecting from the brainstem and synapsing…”
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The ¿10 nicotinic acetyicholine receptor subunit is required for normal synaptic function and integrity of the olivocochlear system by Vetter, Douglas E, Katz, Eleonora, Maison, Stéphane F, Taranda, Julián, Turcan, Sevin, Ballestero, Jimena, Liberman, M Charles, Elgoyhen, A Belén, Boulter, Jim

“…Although homomeric channels assembled from the α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit are functional in vitro, electrophysiological, anatomical,…”
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Activation of presynaptic GABA(B(1a,2)) receptors inhibits synaptic transmission at mammalian inhibitory cholinergic olivocochlear-hair cell synapses by Wedemeyer, Carolina, Zorrilla de San Martín, Javier, Ballestero, Jimena, Gómez-Casati, María Eugenia, Torbidoni, Ana Vanesa, Fuchs, Paul A, Bettler, Bernhard, Elgoyhen, Ana Belén, Katz, Eleonora

“…The synapse between olivocochlear (OC) neurons and cochlear mechanosensory hair cells is cholinergic, fast, and inhibitory. The inhibitory sign of this…”
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Constitutive Expression of the α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Fails to Maintain Cholinergic Responses in Inner Hair Cells After the Onset of Hearing by Taranda, Julián, Ballestero, Jimena A., Hiel, Hakim, Souza, Flavio S. J. de, Wedemeyer, Carolina, Gómez-Casati, M. Eugenia, Lipovsek, Marcela, Vetter, Douglas E., Fuchs, Paul A., Katz, Eleonora, Elgoyhen, A. Belén

“…Efferent inhibition of cochlear hair cells is mediated by α9α10 nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChRs) functionally coupled to calcium-activated, small…”
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