The Activity of Spontaneous Action Potentials in Developing Hair Cells Is Regulated by Ca2+-Dependence of a Transient K+ Current

Snezana Levic; Ping Lv; Ebenezer N. Yamoah

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029005

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The Activity of Spontaneous Action Potentials in Developing Hair Cells Is Regulated by Ca²⁺-Dependence of a Transient K⁺ Current

Snezana Levic,

Affiliation Program in Communication Science, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California
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Ping Lv,

Affiliations Program in Communication Science, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Ebenezer N. Yamoah

* E-mail: enyamoah@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Program in Communication Science, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California
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The Activity of Spontaneous Action Potentials in Developing Hair Cells Is Regulated by Ca²⁺-Dependence of a Transient K⁺ Current

Snezana Levic,
Ping Lv,
Ebenezer N. Yamoah

Published: December 22, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029005

About the Authors

Snezana Levic

Affiliation Program in Communication Science, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California

Ping Lv

Affiliations Program in Communication Science, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

Ebenezer N. Yamoah

* E-mail: enyamoah@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Program in Communication Science, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL PL ENY. Performed the experiments: SL PL. Analyzed the data: SL PL ENY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ENY. Wrote the paper: SL ENY.

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