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2012
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University of Illinois Chicago(Current)
University of Rochester
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Donatella Contini is an author at University of Illinois Chicago specializing in vestibular system, cytoskeleton, and cell biology.
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HealthMedicinePhysiologyCell BiologyCytoskeletonNeuroanatomyNervous SystemCell PhysiologyVestibular SystemAuditory Hair Cells
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2012–2024
Accumulation of K <sup>+</sup> 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 · 94 citations · Full text
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 · 65 citations
Hair Cells, Cell Physiology, Vestibular System +11
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 · 60 citations · Full text
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 · 54 citations · Full text
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 · 23 citations · Full text
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