title: Ca2+ signaling in the inner ear.
abstract: The inner ear contains delicate sensory receptors that have adapted to detect the minutest mechanical disturbances. Ca(2+) ions are implicated in all steps of the transduction process, as well as in its regulation by an impressive ensemble of finely tuned feedback control mechanisms. Recent studies have unveiled some of the key players, but things do not sound quite right yet.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Veneto di Medicina Molecolare, Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata, Padua, Italy. fabio.mammano@unipd.it
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mammano
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bortolozzi
authors.forename: Saida
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ortolano
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Anselmi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000166:cytology / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium