Quantitative Analysis Linking Inner Hair Cell Voltage Changes and Postsynaptic Conductance Change: A Modelling Study

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Top and side cross-sectional views of an ellipsoid ribbon synapse. The parameters that describe the shape are axis radius, axis radius, and axis radius and is the separation distance from the presynaptic membrane. The circles indicate neurotransmitter vesicles; the closely packed to the synaptic ribbon green vesicles are considered tethered to the ribbon synapse and make the “ribbon associated” pool, the red vesicles close to the presynaptic membrane make the “ready for release” pool, and the blue vesicles that are haphazardly spread in the surrounding volume make the “free floating” pool.