Ca2+ signaling in the inner ear.
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.
Mammano
Fabio
F
Istituto Veneto di Medicina Molecolare, Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata, Padua, Italy. fabio.mammano@unipd.it
Bortolozzi
Mario
M
Ortolano
Saida
S
Anselmi
Fabio
F
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
D002118:Calcium