In addition to the morphological difference, inner hair cell (IHC) synapses do not have the full complement of neuronal SNARE proteins found in other types of synapses. Here, Nouvian et al. provide a series of empirical evidence that shows that exocytosis in IHCs occurs independently of neuronal SNARE proteins.
- Régis Nouvian
- Jakob Neef
- Tobias Moser
