How auditory hair cells transform sound into neural responses

What is it about?

Auditory hair cells transform sound into neural code. This occurs at specialized ribbon synapses which face the challenging task to encode a wide range of sound intensities into a limited range of neuronal firing frequencies while conserving accurate timing information. This review summarizes recent developments and discusses future perspectives in the field.

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Why is it important?

This review summarizes recent findings describing the unconventional molecular nature of auditory hair cell ribbon synapses and gives an overview of controversial topics.