Ruth Anne Eatock

The paper describes a novel membrane contact site in mouse type I vestibular hair cells associated with atypical plasma membrane-apposed mitochondria, potentially modulating non-quantal transmission.

This study shows that KV1.8 potassium channels in vestibular hair cells enhance fast signaling and support balance and motor reflexes by improving response time, gain, and frequency range.

The paper investigates how different sodium current modes affect spike regularity and excitability in vestibular ganglion neurons, finding that persistent and resurgent currents differentially influence regular and irregular afferents.

This study identifies KV1.8 as essential for distinct potassium conductances in type I and II vestibular hair cells, affecting their electrophysiological properties and function.

This study investigates the role of GPR156 in mouse and zebrafish sensory organs, showing it relays orientation and transduction information but not afferent selectivity for direction-specific stimuli.

The paper presents a computational model of nonquantal transmission at the vestibular hair cell-calyx synapse, showing how electrical potential in the synaptic cleft affects transmission latency and speed.

This study shows that Cyp26b1-mediated RA degradation during embryogenesis is essential for patterning vestibular zones, which are critical for transient responses to linear acceleration.