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Synaptic Ribbon Complex

The Synaptic Ribbon Complex is a specialized electron-dense organelle in the presynaptic terminal of mechanosensory hair cells within the Organ of Corti that tethers synaptic vesicles to the active zone, thereby enabling sustained, high-fidelity neurotransmission in response to auditory stimuli.

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Otoferlin, Defective in a Human Deafness Form, Is Essential for Exocytosis at the Auditory Ribbon Synapse

Isabelle Roux, Saaïd Safieddine, Régis Nouvian et al. · Cell · 2006 · 742 citations · Full text

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Transmitter release at the hair cell ribbon synapse

Elisabeth Glowatzki, Paul Fuchs · Nature Neuroscience · 2002 · 604 citations

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Hair cell synaptic ribbons are essential for synchronous auditory signalling

Darina Khimich, Régis Nouvian, Rémy Pujol et al. · Nature · 2005 · 578 citations · Full text

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RIBEYE, a Component of Synaptic Ribbons

Frank Schmitz, Andreas Königstorfer, Thomas C. Südhof · Neuron · 2000 · 568 citations · Full text

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Diversity Revealed by a Novel Family of Cadherins Expressed in Neurons at a Synaptic Complex

Naohiro Kohmura, Kouji Senzaki, Shun Hamada et al. · Neuron · 1998 · 451 citations · Full text

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    Tobias Moser

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    13 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. FS
    Frank Schmitz

    Saarland University, Germany

    10 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. JH
    Johann Helmut Brandstätter

    Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany

    10 publications · 1K citations

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  4. AF
    Anna Fejtová

    Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Germany

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. GM
    Gary Matthews

    Stony Brook University, United States

    8 publications · 939 citations

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  1. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Erlangen, Germany

    12 h-index

    54 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    6.9K citations

  3. Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

    Magdeburg, Germany

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    6.1K citations

  4. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    11 h-index

    63 publications

    9.6K citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, United States

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. Saarland University

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    9 h-index

    44 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    58 publications

    10.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    38 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    15 publications · 675 citations

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  3. Neuron

    12 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 336 citations

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  5. Cell and Tissue Research

    7 publications · 161 citations

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