title: Big minis from hair cells: mechanism and function.
abstract: What underlies the large variation in mEPSC amplitude in the auditory system? And is this variability important? In this issue of Neuron, Li et al. (2014) address the significance of large mEPSCs to auditory processing and Chapochnikov et al. (2014) describe a novel mechanism underlying them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Caixia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: david.zenisek@yale.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zenisek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005089:Exocytosis; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000378:metabolism*; D006199:Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner / Q000378:metabolism*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents