Developmental plasticity facilitates the structural maturation of cochlear inner hair cell ribbon synapses
Authors Voorn RA, Sternbach M, Bourien J, Komiyama N, Rankovic V, Wolf F, Grant SGN, Vogl C Journal BioRxiv Citation bioRxiv 2025.08.19.671016 Abstract Sound detection occurs in the cochlea, where sensory inner hair cells (IHC) accurately convert auditory stimuli into neurochemical signals. Presynaptically, IHCs harbor synaptic ribbons, specialized scaffolds that