Donatella Contini

Accumulation of K ⁺ in the synaptic cleft modulates activity by influencing both vestibular hair cell and calyx afferent in the turtle

Donatella Contini, Steven D. Price, Jonathan Art · The Journal of Physiology · 2016 · 96 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

Intercellular K+ accumulation depolarizes Type I vestibular hair cells and their associated afferent nerve calyx

Donatella Contini, Valeria Zampini, Elisa Tavazzani et al. · Neuroscience · 2012 · 66 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +16

Synaptic cleft microenvironment influences potassium permeation and synaptic transmission in hair cells surrounded by calyx afferents in the turtle

Donatella Contini, Gay R. Holstein, Jonathan Art · The Journal of Physiology · 2019 · 61 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors and M-Currents Underlie Efferent-Mediated Slow Excitation in Calyx-Bearing Vestibular Afferents

Joseph C. Holt, Paivi M. Jordan, Anna Lysakowski et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2017 · 55 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Confirming a Role for α9nAChRs and SK Potassium Channels in Type II Hair Cells of the Turtle Posterior Crista

Xiaorong Xu Parks, Donatella Contini, Paivi M. Jordan et al. · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · 2017 · 24 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17