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

Table 2

Calcium buffer parameters and values.

BufferaValuesb [31]
[MM−1s−1m2s−1)M

Endogenous 50 15 0.5
EGTA 0.18 220 2
BAPTA 0.22 220 2
ATP 2300 220 2

The buffered ion species is Ca2+ which is assumed to have a diffusion coefficient of 220 m2s−1 and an external concentration of 1.3 mM [55].
= dissociation constant, = forward reaction rate, = diffusion coefficient, and . = total buffer concentration (bound and unbound).