In cochlear hair cells, each transmitter release site communicates information about sound frequency and intensity. Now the first direct electrophysiological recordings from the structures postsynaptic to these sites show that they function very differently from brain synapses.
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Trussell, L. Transmission at the hair cell synapse. Nat Neurosci 5, 85–86 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0202-85
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