Uniquantal release through a dynamic fusion pore is a candidate mechanism of hair cell exocytosis

Affiliations

• ¹ InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
• ² InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Department of Rehabilitation for Sensory Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama 359-8555, Japan.
• ³ InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Collaborative Research Center 889 Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing, 37099 Göttingen, Germany.
• ⁴ InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
• ⁵ InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Molecular Architecture of Synapses Junior Research Group, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
• ⁶ Department of Nanobiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
• ⁷ Department of Nanobiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
• ⁸ InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Collaborative Research Center 889 Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing, 37099 Göttingen, Germany; Molecular Architecture of Synapses Junior Research Group, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: cwichma@gwdg.de.
• ⁹ Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Collaborative Research Center 889 Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing, 37099 Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: fred@nld.ds.mpg.de.
• ¹⁰ InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany; Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Collaborative Research Center 889 Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing, 37099 Göttingen, Germany; Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain, University of Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: tmoser@gwdg.de.