Publications

2024

Adv Healthc Mater. 2024 Apr 12th, e2304513. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202304513
Fabrication and characterization of PDMS waveguides for flexible optrodes
Rudmann L, Scholz D, Alt MT, Dieter A, Fiedler E, Moser T, Stieglitz T

Med. 2024 Apr 12th, 5(4):285-287. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2024.02.007
A cure for deafness?
Strenzke N

Glia. 2024 Apr 8th. doi: 10.1002/glia.24533, Online ahead of print
Downregulated expression of lactate dehydrogenase in adult oligodendrocytes and its implication for the transfer of glycolysis products to axons
Späte E, Zhou B, Sun T, Kusch K, Asadollahi E, Siems SB, Depp C, Werner HB, Saher G, Hirrlinger J, Möbius W, Nave KA, Goebbels S

Protein Cell. 2024 Apr 1st. doi: 10.1093/procel/pwad058
Ca2+ binding to the C2E domain of otoferlin is required for hair cell exocytosis and hearing
Chen H, Monga M, Fang Q, Slitin L, Neef J, Chepurwar SS, Netto RCM, Lezirovitz K, Tabith A Jr, Benseler F, Brose N, Kusch K, Wichmann C, Strenzke N, Vona B, Preobraschenski J, Moser T

EMBO Mol Med. 2024 Mar 25th. doi: 10.1038/s44321-024-00058-6, Epub ahead of print
Gene therapy for deafness: are we there now?
Moser T, Chen H, Kusch K, Behr R, Vona B

Cell Death Dis. 2024 Mar 20th, 15(3):229. doi: 10.1038/s41419-024-06606-9
METTL3-dependent m6A modification of PSEN1 mRNA regulates craniofacial development through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Ma L, Zhou X, Yao S, Zhang X, Mao J, Vona B, Fan L, Lou S, Li D, Wang L, Pan Y

BioRxi. 2024 Mar 19th. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.18.585517, Preprint
Establishing synthetic ribbon-type active zones in a heterologous expression system
Kapoor R, Schwenzer N, Dresbach T, Lehnart SE, Moser T

Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 13th, 15(1):2269. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46354-0
Biallelic NAA60 variants with impaired n-terminal acetylation capacity cause autosomal recessive primary familial brain calcifications
Chelban V, Aksnes H, Maroofian R, LaMonica LC, Seabra L, Siggervåg A, Devic P, Shamseldin HE, Vandrovcova J, Murphy D, Richard AC, Quenez O, Bonnevalle A, Zanetti MN, Kaiyrzhanov R, Salpietro V, Efthymiou S, Schottlaender LV, Morsy H, Scardamaglia A, Tariq A, Pagnamenta AT, Pennavaria A, Krogstad LS, Bekkelund ÅK, Caiella A, Glomnes N, Brønstad KM, Tury S, Moreno De Luca A, Boland-Auge A, Olaso R, Deleuze JF, Anheim M, Cretin B, Vona B, Alajlan F, Abdulwahab F, Battini JL, İpek R, Bauer P, Zifarelli G, Gungor S, Kurul SH, Lochmuller H, Da'as SI, Fakhro KA, Gómez-Pascual A, Botía JA, Wood NW, Horvath R, Ernst AM, Rothman JE, McEntagart M, Crow YJ, Alkuraya FS, Nicolas G, SYNaPS Study Group, Arnesen T, Houlden H

Hum Genet. 2024 Mar 9th, doi: 10.1007/s00439-024-02649-2, Epub ahead of print
PKHD1L1, a gene involved in the stereocilia coat, causes autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss
Redfield SE, De-la-Torre P, Zamani M, Wang H, Khan H, Morris T, Shariati G, Karimi M, Kenna MA, Seo GH, Xu H, Lu W, Naz S, Galehdari H, Indzhykulian AA, Shearer AE, Vona B

Hum Genomics. 2024 Mar 6th, 18(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s40246-024-00593-w
Zebrafish as a model to investigate a biallelic gain-of-function variant in MSGN1, associated with a novel skeletal dysplasia syndrome
Koparir A, Lekszas C, Keseroglu K, Rose T, Rappl L, Rad A, Maroofian R, Narendran N, Hasanzadeh A, Karimiani EG, Boschann F, Kornak U, Klopocki E, Özbudak EM, Vona B, Haaf T, Liedtke D

Eur J Hum Genet. 2024 Mar 6th, doi: 10.1038/s41431-024-01579-x, Epub ahead of print
Rethinking non-syndromic hearing loss and its mimics in the genomic era
Vona B

Stem Cell Res. 2024 Mar;75:103317. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2024.103317
Genome engineering of a neuronal specific, optogenetic, induced pluripotent stem cell line
Schmoll KA, Mager T, Tse TP, Alameldeen A, Zimmermann WH, Zafeiriou MP

Aging Cell. 2024 Feb 28th, e14128. doi: 10.1111/acel.14128, Online ahead of print
Inhibition of 26S proteasome activity by α-synuclein is mediated by the proteasomal chaperone Rpn14/PAAF1
Galka D, Ali TT, Bast A, Niederleithinger M, Gerhardt E, Motosugi R, Sakata E, Knop M, Outeiro TF, Popova B, Braus GH

Front Mol Neurosci. 2024 Feb 28th, 17:1351280. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1351280
Optical measurement of glutamate release robustly reports short-term plasticity at a fast central synapse
Hain PJH, Moser T

Eur J Hum Genet. 2024 Feb 19th. doi: 10.1038/s41431-024-01562-6, Epub ahead of print
Genetic heterogeneity in hereditary hearing loss: Potential role of kinociliary protein TOGARAM2
Ramzan M, Zafeer MF, Abad C, Guo S, Owrang D, Alper O, Mutlu A, Atik T, Duman D, Bademci G, Vona B, Kalcioglu MT, Walz K, Tekin M

Nat Chem. 2024 Feb 7th, 16:363-372. doi: 10.1038/s41557-024-01440-0
Characterizing ATP processing by the AAA+ protein p97 at the atomic level
Shein M, Hitzenberger M, Cheng TC, Rout SR, Leitl KD, Sato Y, Zacharias M, Sakata E, Schütz AK

Mol Ther. 2024 Jan 18th, S1525-0016(24)00021-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.01.021, Online ahead of print
Clarin-2 gene supplementation durably preserves hearing in a model of progressive hearing loss
Mendia C, Peineau T, Zamani M, Felgerolle C, Yahiaoui N, Christophersen N, Papal S, Maudoux A, Maroofian R, Patni P, Nouaille S, Bowl MR, Delmaghani S, Galehdari H, Vona B, Dulon D, Vitry S, El-Amraoui A

BioRxi. 2024 Jan 17th. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.15.575777. Preprint
CryoRhodopsins: a comprehensive characterization of a new clade of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments
Lamm GHU, Marin E, Schellbach AV, Stetsenko A, Alekseev A, Bourenkov G, Borshchevskiy V, Asido M, Agthe M, Engilberge S, Rose SL, Caramello N, Royant A, Schneider TR, Bateman A, Mager T, Moser T, Wachtveitl J, Guskov A, Kovalev K

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Jan 16:e202307555. doi: 10.1002/anie.202307555
Channelrhodopsin-2 Oligomerization in Cell Membrane Revealed by Photo-Activated Localization Microscopy
Bestsennaia E, Maslov I, Balandin T, Alekseev A, Yudenko A, Abu Shamseye A, Zabelskii D, Baumann A, Catapano C, Karathanasis C, Gordeliy V, Heilemann M, Gensch T, Borshchevskiy V

Brain. 2024 Jan 13th, awae010. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae010, Epub ahead of print
Novel loss-of-function variants expand ABCC9-related intellectual disability and myopathy syndrome
Efthymiou S, Scala M, Nagaraj V, Ochenkowska K, Komdeur FL, Liang RA, Abdel-Hamid MS, Sultan T, Barøy T, Van Ghelue M, Vona B, Maroofian R, Zafar F, Alkuraya FS, Zaki MS, Severino M, Duru KC, Tryon RC, Brauteset LV, Ansari M, Hamilton M, van Haelst MM, van Haaften G, Zara F, Houlden H, Samarut É, Nichols CG, Smeland MF, McClenaghan C

BioRxiv. 2024 Jan 11th. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.09.574708. Preprint
An inappropriate decline in ribosome levels drives a diverse set of neurodevelopmental disorders
Ni C, Yu L, Vona B, Park D, Wie Y, Schmitz DA, Wie Y, Ding Y, Sakurai M, Ballard E, Liu Y, Ashwani Kumar A, Xing C, Kim H-G, Ekmekci C, Karimiani EG, Imannezhad S, Eghbal F, Shervin Badv R, Schwaibold EMC, Dehghani M, Vahidi Mehrjardi MY, Metanat Z, Eslamiyeh H, Khouj E, Nasser Alhajj SM, Chedrawi A, Ferreira Alves CA, Houlden H, Kruer M, Alkuraya FS, Cenik C, Maroofian R, Wu J, Buszczak M

Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 2nd, 15(1):65. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44548-6
Hijacking of internal calcium dynamics by intracellularly residing viral rhodopsins
Eria-Oliveira AS, Folacci M, Chassot AA, Fedou S, Thézé N, Zabelskii D, Alekseev A, Bamberg E, Gordeliy V, Sandoz G, Vivaudou M

2023

Mol Cell Proteom. 2023 Dec 20th, 23(2):100704. doi: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100704.
Proteomic analysis reveals the composition of glutamatergic organelles of auditory inner hair cell
Cepeda AP, Ninov M, Neef J, Parfentev I, Kusch K, Reisinger E, Jahn R, Moser T, Urlaub H

Mol Neurobiol. 2023 Dec 20. doi: 10.1007/s12035-023-03865-z
Light-Driven Sodium Pump as a Potential Tool for the Control of Seizures in Epilepsy
Trofimova AM, Amakhin DV, Postnikova TY, Tiselko VS, Alekseev A, Podoliak E, Gordeliy VI, Chizhov AV, Zaitsev AV

Front Mol Neurosci, 2023 Dec 12th:16:1299509. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1299509.
Probing the role of the C2F domain of otoferlin
Chen H, Fang Q, Benseler F, Brose N, Moser T

Appl Optics. 2023 Dec 10th, 62(35):9353-9360. doi: 10.1364/AO.505167.
Multichannel laser diode to polymer waveguide array coupling with a double-aspheric lens
Kunze K, Goßler C, Reinhardt M, Schwenzer F, Helke C, Reuter D, Keppeler D, Moser T, Schwarz UT

Protein Cell. 2023 Dec 8th, pwad058. doi: 10.1093/procel/pwad058, Online ahead of print
Ca2+-binding to the C2E domain of otoferlin is required for hair cell exocytosis and hearing
Chen H, Monga M, Fang Q, Slitin L, Neef J, Chepurwar SS, Mingroni Netto RC, Lezirovitz K, Tabith A Jr, Benseler F, Brose N, Kusch K, Wichmann C, Strenzke N, Vona B, Preobraschenski J, Moser T

iScience. 2023 Dec 7th, 108700. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108700, Online ahead of print
Developmental changes of the mitochondria in the murine anteroventral cochlear nucleus
Hintze A, Lange F, Steyer AM, Anstatt J, Möbius W, Jakobs S, Wichmann C

Genet Med. 2023 Dec 3rd, 101034. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.101034
Biallelic variants in SLC4A10 encoding the sodium-dependent chloride-bicarbonate exchanger NCBE lead to a neurodevelopmental disorder
Maroofian R, Zamani M, Kaiyrzhanov R, Liebmann L, Karimiani EG, Vona B, Huebner AK, Calame DG, Misra VK, Sadeghian S, Azizimalamiri R, Mohammadi MH, Zeighami J, Heydaran S, Toosi MB, Jakhondian J, Babaei M, Hashemi N, Schnur RE, Suri M, Setzke J, Wagner M, Brunet T, Grochowski CM, Emrick L, Chung WK, Hellmich UA, Schmidts M, Lupski JR, Galehdari H, Severino M, Houlden H, Hübner CA

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Nov 29th, 120(49):e2311539120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2311539120
Ca2+ regulation of glutamate release from inner hair cells of hearing mice
Jaime Tobón LM, Moser T

J Biophotonics. 2023 Nov 29th, e202300358. doi: 10.1002/jbio.202300358, Online ahead of print
Angle-dependent light scattering in tissue phantoms for the case of thin bone layers with predominant forward scattering
Witke T, Kuhn E, Teichert F, Goßler C, Schwarz UT, Thränhardt A

Genom Med. 2023 Nov 29th, 15:102. doi: 10.1186/s13073-023-01258-4
Evaluating the association of biallelic OGDHL variants with significant phenotypic heterogeneity
Lin S-J, Vona B, et al., Maroofian R, Varshney GK

BioRxiv. 2023 Nov 18th. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.17.567544v1, Preprint
Efficient and sustained optogenetic control of nervous and cardiac systems
Zerche M, Hunniford V, Alekseev A, El May F, Vavakou A, Siegenthaler D, Hueser MA, Kiehn SM, Garrido-Charles A, Alvanos T, Witzke I, Trenholm S, Macé E, Kusch K, Bruegmann T, Wolf BJ, Mager T, Moser T

Brain. 2023 Nov 10th, awad380. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad380, Epub ahead of print
Bi-allelic ACBD6 variants lead to a neurodevelopmental syndrome with progressive and complex movement disorders
Kaiyrzhanov R, Rad A, Lin SJ, et al., Vona B, Schrader M, Severino M, Guille M, Tate EW, Varshney GK, Houlden H, Maroofian R

Genome Med. 2023 Nov 9th, 15(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s13073-023-01240-0
Structural and non-coding variants increase the diagnostic yield of clinical whole genome sequencing for rare diseases
Pagnamenta AT, Camps C, Giacopuzzi E, et al., Vona B, Wall S, Wang J, Watkins H, Zak J, Schuh AH, Kini U, Wilkie AOM, Popitsch N, Taylor JC

Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 Oct 26th. doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01461-2, Online ahead of print
Bi-allelic truncating variants in CASP2 underlie a neurodevelopmental disorder with lissencephaly
Uctepe E, Vona B, Esen FN, Sonmez FM, Smol T, Tümer S, Mancılar H, Geylan Durgun DE, Boute O, Moghbeli M, Ghayoor Karimiani E, Hashemi N, Bakhshoodeh B, Kim HG, Maroofian R, Yesilyurt A

iScience. 2023 Oct 20th, 26(10), 107725. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107725
En route to sound coding strategies for optical cochlear implants
Khurana L, Harczos T, Moser T, Jablonski L

bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 17th. doi: 10.1101/2023.10.16.562475, Preprint
CaBP1 and 2 enable sustained CaV1.3 calcium currents and synaptic transmission in inner hair cells
Oestreicher D, Chepurwar S, Kusch K, Rankovic V, Jung S, Strenzke N, Pangrsic T

Hum Genomics. 2023 Oct 13th, 17 (93). doi: 10.1186/s40246-023-00539-8
FGFR1 variants contributed to families with tooth agenesis
Yao S, Zhang C, Fan L, Zhou X, Bartsch O, Vona B, Gu M, Zhang W, Ma L, Pan Y

medRxiv. 2023 Oct 9th. doi: 10.1101/2023.10.08.23296081
PKHD1L1, a gene involved in the stereociliary coat, causes autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss
Redfield SE, De-la-Torre P, Zamani M, Khan H, Morris T, Shariati G, Karimi M, Kenna MA, Seo GH, Naz S, Galehdari H, Indzhykulian AA, Shearer AE, Vona B

EMBO J. 2023 Oct 6th, e114587. doi: 10.15252/embj.2023114587
Diversity matters - extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses
Moser T, Karagulyan N, Neef J, Jaime Tobón LM

Brain Stimul. 2023 Sep 29th, S1935-861X(23)01920-4. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.09.018.
Devising a framework of optogenetic coding in the auditory pathway: insights from auditory midbrain recordings
Michael M, Wolf BJ, Klinge-Strahl A, Jeschke M, Moser T, Dieter A

Cell Death Dis. 2023 Sep 28th, 14(9):641. doi: 10.1038/s41419-023-06157-5
RNF40 epigenetically modulates glycolysis to support the aggressiveness of basal-like breast cancer
Prokakis E, Jansari S, Boshnakovska A, Wiese M, Kusch K, Kramm C, Dullin C, Rehling P, Glatzel M, Pantel K, Wikman H, Johnsen SA, Gallwas J, Wegwitz F

Front Mol Neurosci. 2023 Sep 6th, Vol 16. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1248941
Synaptic activity is not required for establishing heterogeneity of inner hair cell ribbon synapses
Karagulyan N, Moser T

Life. 2023 Sep 2nd, 13(9), 1858. doi: 10.3390/life13091858
mRNA abundance of neurogenic factors correlates with hearing capacity in auditory brainstem nuclei of the rat
Engert J, Doll J, Vona B, Ehret Kasemo TE, Spahn B, Hagen R, Rak K, Voelker J

Front Genet. 2023 Aug 21st, Vol 14. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1214736
Unraveling haplotype errors in the DFNA33 locus
Vona B, Regele S, Rad A, Strenzke N, Pater JA, Neumann K, Sturm M, Haack TB, Am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen AG

Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Aug 10th, Vol 11. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1178992
Age-dependent structural reorganization of utricular ribbon synapses
Michanski S, Henneck T, Mukhopadhyay M, Steyer AM, Gonzalez PA, Grewe K, Ilgen P, Gültas M, Fornasiero EF, Jakobs S, Möbius W, Vogl C, Pangršič T, Rizzoli SO, Wichmann C

Annu Rev Neurosci. 2023 Aug, accepted
Towards Optogenetic Hearing Restoration
Huet A, Mager T, Goßler C, Moser T

EMBO rep. 2023 Jul 21st, e56702. doi: 10.15252/embr.202256702
Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing
Michanski S, Kapoor R, Steyer A, Möbius W, Früholz I, Ackermann F, Gültas M, Garner CC, Hamra FK, Neef J, Strenzke N, Moser T, Wichmann C

J Neural Eng. 2023 Jul 6th, 20(4). doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ace219.
Combining biophysical models and machine learning to optimize implant geometry and stimulation protocol for intraneural electrodes
Romeni S, Losanno E, Koert E, Pierantoni L, Delgado-Martinez I, Navarro X, Micera S

Genes (Basel). 2023 Jul 6th, 14(7):1404. doi: 10.3390/genes14071404
Genetic investigation of consanguineous Pakistani families segregating rare spinocerebellar disorders
Saadi SM, Cali E, Khalid LB, Yousaf H, Zafar G, Khan HN, Sher M, Vona B, Abdullah U, Malik NA, Klar J, Efthymiou S, Dahl N, Houlden H, Toft M, Baig SM, Fatima A, Iqbal Z

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2023 Jun 29th, 30(7):970-979. doi: 10.1038/s41594-023-01020-9
Mechanisms of inward transmembrane proton translocation
Kovalev K, Tsybrov F, Alekseev A, Shevchenko V, Soloviov D, Siletsky S, Bourenkov G, Agthe M, Nikolova M, von Stetten D, Astashkin R, Bukhdruker S, Chizhov I, Royant A, Kuzmin A, Gushchin I, Rosselli R, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ilyinskiy N, Rogachev A, Borshchevskiy V, Schneider TR, Bamberg E, Gordeliy V

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mSystems. 2023 Jun 29, 8(3):e0000823. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00008-23
Flotillin-associated rhodopsin (FArhodopsin), a widespread paralog of proteorhodopsin in aquatic bacteria with streamlined genomes
Haro-Moreno JM, López-Pérez M, Alekseev A, Podoliak E, Kovalev K, Gordeliy V, Stepanauskas R, Rodriguez-Valera F

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Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 16th, 14(1):3486. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38943-2
Mechanisms of simultaneous linear and nonlinear computations at the mammalian cone photoreceptor synapse
Grabner CP, Futagi D, Shi J, Bindokas V, Kitano K, Schwartz EA, DeVries SH

Nature. 2023 May, 617(7962):842-850. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06049-w
Structural basis of catalytic activation in human splicing
Schmitzová J, Cretu C, Dienemann C, Urlaub H, Pena V

Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2023 Mar 21st, Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2023.03.009
Channelrhodopsin fluorescent tag replacement for clinical translation of optogenetic hearing restoration
Zerche M, Wrobel C, Kusch K, Moser T, Mager T

BioRxiv. 2023 Mar 10th. doi: 10.1101/2022.08.03.502284. Preprint.
Visualizing proteins by expansion microscopy
Shaib AH, Chouaib AA, Chowdhury R, Mihaylov D, Zhang C, Imani V, Georgiev SV, Mougios N, Monga M, Reshetniak S, Mimoso T, Chen H, Fatehbasharzad P, Crzan D, Saal K-A, Alawar N, Eilts J, Kang J, Alvarez L, Trenkwalder C, Mollenhauer B, Outeiro TF, Köster S, Preobraschenski J, Becherer U, Moser T, Boyden ES, Aricescu AR, Sauer M, Opazo F, Rizzoli SO

Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 Jan 24th, Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41431-023-01285-0
An encounter with the mild side of LARS2-associated Perrault syndrome and its implications on the diagnostic odyssey
Vona B

Brain Stimul. 2023 Jan 23rd, Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.01.1671
Graded optogenetic activation of the auditory pathway for hearing restorations
Mittring A, Moser T, Huet A

Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2023 Jan 23rd, 17:1105562. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1105562
Patient perspectives on the need for improved hearing rehabilitation: A qualitative survey study of German cochlear implant users
Hunniford V, Kühler R, Wolf B, Daniel Keppeler D, Strenzke N, Moser T

GMS Zeitschrift für Audiologie - Audiological Acoustics. 2023 Jan 20th, Doc01. doi: 10.3205/zaud000027
Mit Lichtstrahlen das Gehör wiederherstellen - Restoring hearing with light
Moser T

Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 18th, 24:1874. doi: 10.3390/ijms24031874
Not to miss: intronic variants, treatment, and review of the phenotypic spectrum in VPS13D-related disorder
Pauly MG, Brüggemann N, Efthymiou S, Grözinger A, Diaw SH, Chelban V, Turchetti V, Vona B, Tadic V, Houlden H, Münchau A, Lohmann K

BioRxiv. 2023 January 7th. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.04.522823. Preprint.
Flotillin-Associated rhodopsin (FArhodopsin), a widespread paralog of proteorhodopsin in aquatic bacteria with streamlined genomes
Haro-Moreno JM, López-Pérez M, Alekseev A, Podoliak E, Kovalev K, Gordeliy V, Stepanauskas R, Rodriguez-Valera F



2022

Analytical Chemistry. 2022 December 27th, 94(51):17751-17756. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00494
Mono- and intralink filter (Mi-filter) to reduce false identifications in cross-linking mass spectrometry data
Chen X, Sailer C, Kammer KM, Fürsch J, Eisele MR, Sakata E, Pellarin R, Stengel F

eLife. 2022 December 23rd, 11:e79494. doi: 10.7554/eLife.79494
Optogenetics and electron tomography for structure-function analysis of cochlear ribbon synapses
Chakrabarti R, Jaime Tobon LM, Slitin L, Redondo-Canales M, Hoch G, Slashcheva M, Fritsch E, Bodensiek K, Özcete ÖD, Gültas M, Michanski S, Opazo F, Neef J, Pangrsic T, Moser T, Wichmann C

Materials (Basel). 2022 December 22nd, 16(1):106. doi: 10.3390/ma16010106
On the fabrication and characterization of polymer-based waveguide probes for use in future optical cochlear implants
Helke C, Reinhardt M, Arnold M, Schwenzer F, Haase M, Wachs M, Goßler C, Götz J, Keppeler D, Wolf B, Schaeper J, Salditt T, Moser T, Schwarz UT, Reuter D

BioRxiv. 2022 December 16th. doi: 10.1101/2022.12.15.520589. Preprint.
Piccolino regulates the architecture of the ribbon at cochlear inner hair cell synapses
Michanski S, Kapoor R, Steyer AM, Möbius W, Früholz I, Ackermann F, Gültas M, Garner CC, Hamra FK, Neef J, Strenzke N, Moser T, Wichmann C

Frontiers in Psychology. 2022 November 29th, 13:1047242. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1047242
Group-based, autonomous, individualized training and testing of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in their home enclosure to a visuo-acoustic discrimination task
Cabrera-Moreno J, Jeanson L, Jeschke M, Calapai A

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2022 November 28th, 10:987691. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.987691
Monoallelic loss of the F-actin-binding protein radixin facilitates startle reactivity and pre-pulse inhibition in mice
Hausrat TJ, Vogl C, Neef J, Schweizer MC, Yee BK, Strenzke N, Kneussel M

BioRxiv. 2022 November 27th. doi: 10.1101/2022.11.27.518035. Preprint.
Optical measurement of glutamate release robustly reports short-term plasticity at a fast central synapse
Hain PJH, Moser T

Nature. 2022 November 23th, 611:827-834. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05472-9
Regulation of the mammalian-brain V-ATPase through ultraslow mode-switching
Kosmidis E, Shuttle CG, Preobraschenski J, Ganzella M, Johnson PJ, Veshaguri S, Holmkvist J, Møller MP, Marantos O, Marcoline F, Grabe M, Pedersen JL, Jahn R, Stamou D

Human Molecular Genetics. 2022 October 27th; ddac267. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddac267
A mutation in ATP11A causes autosomal-dominant auditory neuropathy type 2
Chepurwar S, von Loh SM, Wigger DC, Neef J, Frommolt P, Beutner D, Lang-Roth R, Kubisch C, Strenzke N, Volk AE

Developmental Dynamics. 2022 October 25th. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.548. Online ahead of print
Cochlear hair cell innervation is dependent on a modulatory function of semaphorin-3A
Cantu-Guerra HL, Papazain MR, Gorsky AL, Alekos NS, Caccavano A, Karagulyan N, Neef J, Vicini S, Moser T, Coate TM

bioRxiv. 2022 October 20th. doi: 10.1101/2022.10.19.512823. Preprint.
Bridging the gap between presynaptic hair cell function and neural sound encoding
Jaime Tobón LM, Moser T

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Clinical and Translational Discovery. 2022 July 7th. doi: 10.1002/ctd2.102. Online ahead of print, 2022 July 7th
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American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022 May 12th, S0002-9297(22)00158-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.04.010
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Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 2022 May 11th, doi: 10.1111/jdv.18207
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bioRxiv. 2022 May 10th. Preprint.
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Life Science Alliance. 2022 May 5th, 5(8):e202101338. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202101338
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Neuron. 2022 May 4th, 110(9):1483-1497.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.02.008
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Human Genetics. 2022 March 12th, 141(3-4):431-444. doi: 10.1007/s00439-022-02444-x
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eLife. 2022 March 11th, doi: 10.7554/eLife.75523
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Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2021 July 12th.
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bioRxiv. 2021 May 30th. Preprint.
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EMBO Molecular Medicine. 2021 May 7th, e13391. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202013391
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PNAS. 2021 May 4th, 118 (18) e2014472118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2014472118
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2021 March 23rd, doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.651935
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 March 11th, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2021.635897
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iScience. 2021 March 8th, 24(4):102282. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102282
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA). 2021 March 1st. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140583
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Sakata E, Eisele MR, Baumeister W

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2021 January 7th, 13:253. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.600051
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Rankovic V, Vogl C, Dörje NM, Bahader I, Duque-Afonso CJ, Thirumalai A, Weber T, Kusch K, Strenzke N, Moser T

EBioMedicine. 2021 January 7th, Volume 63, 103171.
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Wrobel C, Zafeiriou M-P, Moser T

Cell Reports, 2021 January 5th; 34(1):108551. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108551
Electron Microscopic Reconstruction of Neural Circuitry in the Cochlea
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Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021 January 5th, 14:598406. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.598406
Acute and Long-Term Circuit-Level Effects in the Auditory Cortex After Sound Trauma
Jeschke M, Happel MFK, Tziridis K, Krauss P, Schilling A, Schulze H, Ohl FW



2020

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Effertz T, Moser T, Oliver D

EMBO Journal. 2020 December 21st, e106010. doi: 10.15252/embj.2020106010
A sensory cell diversifies its output by varying Ca2+ influx-release coupling among active zones
Özçete ÖD, Moser T

Life. 2020 December 18th, 10(12):360. doi: 10.3390/life10120360
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020 November 19th; 21(22), 8758. doi: 10.3390/ijms21228758
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Viral rhodopsins 1 are an unique family of light-gated cation channels
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Nature Communications, 2020 Oct 30;11(1):5497. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19152-7
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Book chapter in: Ludwig van Beethoven: the Heard and the Unhearing, edited by Bernhard Richter, Wolfgang Holzgreve, Claudia Spahn, Herder, ISBN 978-3-451-38871-2, October 2020
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Moser T

Methods in Molecular Biology 2021, 2020 Sep 01;2191:261-285. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0830-2_16
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Huet A, Rankovic V

Book chapter in: The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference, 2nd Edition, 2020 Sep 8, Book ISBN: 9780128054086
Presynaptic Physiology of Cochlear Inner Hair Cells
Moser T

Science Translational Medicine, 2020 Jul 22;Vol. 12, Issue 553, eabb8086. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb8086
Multichannel optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway using microfabricated LED cochlear implants in rodents
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EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2020 Jun 29;e12387. doi: 10.15252
μLED-based optical cochlear implants for spectrally selective activation of the auditory nerve
Dieter A, Klein E, Keppeler D, Jablonski L, Harczos T, Hoch G, Rankovic V, Paul O, Jeschke M, Ruther P, Moser T

Nature communications, June 25th 2020, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17003-z
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Jean P, Anttonen T, Michanski S, de Diego AMG, Steyer AM, Neef A, Oestreicher D, Kroll J, Nardis C, Pangršič T, Möbius W, Ashmore J, Wichmann C, Moser T

bioRxiv, May 2020. Preprint.
Hearing restoration by a low-weight power-efficient multichannel optogenetic cochlear implant system
Jablonski L, Harczos T, Wolf B, Hoch G, Dieter A, Hessler R, Ayub S, Ruther P, Moser T

Nanoscale, 2020 May 14;12(18):10226-10239. doi: 10.1039/d0nr00227e
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Physiological Reviews, 2020 Jul 6, 100(4):1467-1525. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00035.2019
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Kleinlogel S, Vogl C, Jeschke M, Neef J, Moser T

EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2020 Mar 30. e11618, doi.10.15252/emmm.201911618
Towards the Optical Cochlear Implant: Optogenetic Approaches for Hearing Restoration
Dieter A, Keppeler D, Moser T

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2020 Feb 4. pii: S0006-291X(20)30090-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.12.126
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Moser T, Dieter A

Journal of Cell Science, 2020 Jan 22. pii: jcs.236737. doi: 10.1242/jcs.236737
AP180 promotes release site clearance and clathrin-dependent vesicle reformation in mouse cochlear inner hair cells
Kroll J, Özcete Ö, Jung S, Maritzen T, Milosevic I, Wichmann C, Moser T



2019

The Journal of Neuroscience, 2019 Sep 16, 0028-19; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0028-19.2019
β-secretase BACE1 is required for normal cochlear function
Dierich M, Hartmann S, Dietrich N, Moeser P, Brede F, Johnson Chacko L, Tziridis K, Schilling A, Krauss P, Hessler S, Karch S, Schrott-Fischer A, Blumer M, Birchmeier C, Oliver D, Moser T, Schulze H, Alzheimer C, Leitner M, Huth T

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Moser T, Grabner C, Schmitz F

Journal of Neuroscience, 2019 Jul 3. 39(27):5284-5298; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2728-18.2019
Pou4f1 defines a subgroup of Type I spiral ganglion neurons and is necessary for normal inner hair cell presynaptic Ca2+ signaling
Sherrill H, Jean P, Driver E, Sanders T, Fitzgerald T, Moser T, Kelley M

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Apr 30, 2019, 20(9), 2147; doi: 10.3390/ijms20092147
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Chakrabarti R, Wichmann C

Nature Communications, 2019 Apr 29, 10 1962, doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09980-7
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Dieter A, Duque Afonso CJ, Rankovic V, Jeschke M, Moser T

PNAS, 2019 Apr 11. pii: 201818358. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1818358116
Intrinsic planar polarity mechanisms influence the position-dependent regulation of synapse properties in inner hair cells
Jean P, Demet Özçete Ö, Tarchini B, Moser T

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Mapping developmental maturation of inner hair cell ribbon synapses in the apical mouse cochlea
Michanski S, Smaluch K, Steyer AM, Chakrabarti R, Setz C, Oestreicher D, Fischer C, Möbius W, Moser T, Vogl C, Wichmann C

EMBO J., 2019 Mar 1;38(5). pii: e100116. doi: 10.15252/embj.2018100116
Endophilin-A regulates presynaptic Ca2+ influx and synaptic vesicle recycling in auditory hair cells
Kroll J, Jaime Tobón LM, Vogl C, Neef J, Kondratiuk I, König M, Strenzke N, Wichmann C, Milosevic I, Moser T

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2019 Jan 9;11:492. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00492
Disruption of otoferlin alters the mode of exocytosis at the mouse inner hair cell ribbon synapse
Takago H, Oshima-Takago T, Moser T



2018

EMBO Molecular Medicine, December 12th, 2018, doi: 10.15252/emmm.201809396
A dual-AAV approach restores fast exocytosis and partially rescues auditory function in deaf otoferlin knock-out mice
Al-Moyed H, Cepeda AP, Jung S, Moser T, Kügler S, Reisinger E

EMBO Journal, 05 Nov 2018, doi: 10.15252/embj.201899649
Ultrafast optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway by targeting-optimized Chronos
Keppeler D, Martins Merino R, Lopez de la Morena D, Bali B, Huet AT, Gehrt A, Wrobel C, Subramanian S, Dombrowski T, Wolf F, Rankovic V, Neef A, Moser T

PNAS, October 19th, 2018, 2018-11814R, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1811814115
Individual synaptic vesicles mediate stimulated exocytosis from cochlear inner hair cells
Grabner C, Moser T

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience , October 17th, 2018, doi.org:10.3389/fncel.2018.00364
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Huang C-H, Moser T

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, October 15th, 2018, a033225 doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a033225
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EMBO Reports 10 Sep 2018: e44937; doi: 10.15252/embr.201744937
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Chakrabarti R, Michanski S, Wichmann C

Frontiers in Physiology, 08 Oct 2018, doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01227
Axial Tubule Junctions Activate Atrial Ca2+ Release across Species
Brandenburg S, Pawlowitz J, Fakuade FE, Kownatzki-Danger D, Kohl T, Mitronova GY, ScardigliM, Neef J, Schmidt C, Wiedmann F, Pavone F, Sacconi L, Kutschka I, Sossalla ST, Moser T, Voigt N, Lehnart SE

Physiological Reviews 01 Aug 2018: Vol. 98, Issue 4, DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00030.2017
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: Key Players in Sensory Coding in the Retina and the Inner Ear
Pangrsic T, Singer JH, Koschak A

Journal of Cell Biology 06 Sep 2018: Vol. 217, no. 11
Cytomatrix proteins CAST and ELKS regulate retinal photoreceptor development and maintenance
Hagiwara A, Kitahara Y, Grabner CP, Vogl C, Abe M, Kitta R, Ohta K, Nakamura K, Sakimura K, Moser T, Nishi A, Othsuka T

Science Translational Medicine 11 Jul 2018: Vol. 10, Issue 449, eaao0540 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aao0540
Optogenetic stimulation of cochlear neurons activates the auditory pathway and restores auditory-driven behavior in deaf adult gerbils
Wrobel C, Dieter A, Huet A, Keppeler D, Duque-Afonso CJ, Vogl C, Hoch G, Jeschke M, Moser T

Hear Res. 2018 Jul;364:48-58. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.04.001
Functions of CaBP1 and CaBP2 in the peripheral auditory system
Yang T, Hu N, Pangršič T, Green S, Hansen M, Lee A

Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 21;8(1):9422. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27456-4
A convenient protocol for generating giant unilamellar vesicles containing SNARE proteins using electroformation
Witkowska A, Jablonski L, Jahn R

Nature Communications 2018 May 1 doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04146-3
High frequency neural spiking and auditory signaling by ultrafast red-shifted optogenetics
Mager T, Lopez de la Morena D, Senn V, Schlotte J, D´Errico A, Feldbauer K, Wrobel C, Jung S, Bodensiek K, Rankovic V, Browne L, Huet A, Jüttner J, Wood P, Letzkus J, Moser T, Bamberg E

Nature Communications 2018 Aug 29;9(1):3509. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05766-5
High-fidelity CRISPR/Cas9- based gene-specific hydroxymethylation rescues gene expression and attenuates renal fibrosis
Xu X,Tan X, Tampe B, Wilhelmi T, Hulshoff M, Saito S, Moser T, Kalluri R, Hasenfuss G, Zeisberg E, Zeisberg M

Laryngo-Rhino-Otol 2018 Mar 22. 97(S 01): S1-S9
Molekulares Verstehen des Hörens – Was ändert sich für den Patienten?
Moser T

Scientific Reports 8 March 21, 2018.
Propagation-based phase-contrast x-ray tomography of cochlea using a compact synchrotron source
Töpperwien M, Gradl R, Keppeler D, Vassholz M, Meyer A, Hessler R, Achterhold K, Gleich B, Dierolf M, Pfeiffer F, Moser T, Salditt T

Nat Comm. 2018 Jan 18 9, 290. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02612-y
Quantitative optical nanophysiology of Ca2+-signaling at inner hair cell active zones.
Neef J, Ohn TL, Urban NT, Frank T, Jean P, Hell SW, Willig KI, Moser T.

eLife 2018 Jan 12; 7:e29275 doi: 10.7554/eLife.29275 Access the recommendation on F1000Prime
The synaptic ribbon is critical for sound encoding at high rates and with temporal precision.
Jean P, Lopez de la Morena D, Michanski S, Jaime Tobón LM, Chakrabarti R, Picher MM, Neef J, Jung SY, Gültas M, Maxeiner S, Neef A, Wichmann C, Strenzke N, Grabner C, Moser T

Hum Genet. 2018 Jan 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-017-1862-z
The CAPOS mutation in ATP1A3 alters Na/K-ATPase function and results in auditory neuropathy which has implications for management.
Tranebjærg L, Strenzke N, Lindholm S, Rendtorff ND, Poulsen H, Khandelia H, Kopec W, Brünnich Lyngbye TJ, Hamel C, Delettre C, Bocqet B, Bille M, Owen HH, Bek T, Jensen H, Østergaard K, Möller C, Luxon L, Carr L, Wilson L, Rajput K, Sirimanna T, Harrop-Griffiths K, Rahman S, Vona B, Doll J, Haaf T, Bartsch O, Rosewich H, Moser T, Bitner-Glindzicz M

EMBO J 2018 Jan 4; 37(1): 139–159, published online 2017 Nov 16. e201695709, doi: 10.15252/embj.201695709
Glyoxal as an alternative to PFA in immunostainings and nanoscopy.
Richter KN, Revelo NH, Seitz KJ, Helm MS, Sarkar D, Saleeb R, D’Este E, Eberle J, Wagner E, Vogl C, Lazaro DF, Richter F, Vegara JC, Coceano G, Boyden E, Duncan R, Hell SW, Lauterbach M, Lehnart SE, Moser T, Outeiro T, Rehling P, Schwappach B, Testa I, Zapiec B, Rizzoli SO.



2017

Front Cell Neurosci 2017 Oct 11th; doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00334
RIM-binding protein 2 promotes a large number of CaV1.3 Ca2+-channels and contributes to fast synaptic vesicle replenishment at hair cell active zones
Krinner S, Jung SY, Butola T, Wichmann C, Moser T

Front Syn Neurosci 2017 Oct 9th; doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2017.00014
Piccolo promotes vesicle replenishment at a fast central auditory synapse
Butola T, Wichmann C, Moser T

EMBO reports 2017 Sep 11. e201643689; doi: 10.15252/embr.201643689
The BEACH protein LRBA is required for hair bundle maintenance in cochlear hair cells and for hearing
Vogl C, Butola T, Haag N, Hausrat TJ, Leitner MG, Moutschen M, Lefèbvre PP, Speckmann C, Garrett L, Becker L, Fuchs H, Hrabe de Angelis M, Nietzsche S, Kessels MM, Oliver D, Kneussel M, Kilimann MW, Strenzke N

Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 22;7(1):12191. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12368-6.
A combination of NMDA and AMPA receptor antagonists retards granule cell dispersion and epileptogenesis in a model of acquired epilepsy
Schidlitzki A, Twele F, Klee R, Waltl I, Römermann T, Bröer S. Meller S, Gerhauser I, Rankovic V, Li D, Brandt D, Banksthal M, Töllner K, Löscher W

Front Cell Neurosci 2017 Jun 8;11:160. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00160
Rab interacting molecules 2 and 3 directly interact with the pore-forming CaV1.3 Ca2+ channel subunit and promote its membrane expression
Picher MM, Oprişoreanu AM, Jung SY, Michel K, Schoch S, Moser T

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017 Feb 9. pii: 201617533
Ca2+-binding protein 2 inhibits Ca2+-channel inactivation in mouse inner hair cells
Picher MM, Gehrt A, Meese S, Ivanovic A, Predoehl F, Jung S, Schrauwen I, Dragonetti AG, Colombo R, Van Camp G, Strenzke N, Moser T

Neuroscience. 2017 Mar 6. 344:380-393. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.12.055
Conditional deletion of pejvakin in adult outer hair cells causes progressive hearing loss in mice
Harris SL., Kazmierczak M., Pangršič T., Shah P., Chuchvara N., Barrantes-Freer A., Moser T., Schwander M



2016

EMBO J. 2016 Dec 1. 35(23):2519-2535
Hair cell synaptic dysfunction, auditory fatigue and thermal sensitivity in otoferlin Ile515Thr mutants.
Strenzke N., Chakrabarti R., Al-Moyed H., Müller A., Hoch G., Pangrsic T., Yamanbaeva G., Lenz C., Pan KT., Auge E., Geiss-Friedlander R., Urlaub H., Brose N., Wichmann C., Reisinger E.

F1000Res. 2016 Aug 26;5. pii: F1000 Faculty Rev-2081. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8924.1
New insights into cochlear sound encoding.
Moser T., Vogl C.

EMBO J 2016 Jul 25. doi 10.15252/embj.201593565| The EMBO Journal (2016) e201593565
Tryptophan-rich basic protein (WRB) mediates insertion of the tail-anchored protein otoferlin and is required for hair cell exocytosis and hearing.
Vogl C., Panou I., Yamanbaeva G., Wichmann C., Mangosing S., Vilardi F., Indzhykulian A., Pangršič T., Santarelli R., Rodriguez-Ballesteros M., Weber T., Jung S., Cardenas E., Wu X., Wojcik S.M., Kwan K.Y., del Castillo I., Schwappach B., Strenzke N., Corey D.P., Lin S.Y., Moser T.

PNAS 2016 Jun 21. E4716–E4725, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605737113
Hair cells use active zones with different voltage-dependence of Ca2+ -influx to decompose sounds into complementary neural codes.
Ohn T.Z., Rutherford M.A., Jing Z., Jung S.Y., Duque-Afonso C.J., Hoch G., Picher M.M., Scharinger A., Strenzke N., Moser T.

Hum Mutat. 2016 Apr 11. doi: 10.1002/humu.22999.
DNA Diagnostics of Hereditary Hearing Loss: A Targeted Resequencing Approach Combined With a Mutation Classification System.
Sommen M., Schrauwen I., Vandeweyer G., Boeckx N., Corneveaux J.J., van den Ende J., Boudewyns A., De Leenheer E., Janssens S., Claes K., Verstreken M., Strenzke N., Predöhl F., Wuyts W., Mortier G., Bitner-Glindzicz M., Moser T., Coucke P., Huentelman M.J., Van Camp G.

EMBO J 2016 Apr 1. doi: 10.15252/embj.201694205. Comment.
Eyes without a ribbon.
Moser T.

Nat Rev Neurol. 2016 Feb 19. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.10. [Epub ahead of print]. Review.
Auditory neuropathy - neural and synaptic mechanisms.
Moser T., Starr A.



2015

The Primary Auditory Neurons of the Mammalian Cochlea, pp 117-156, 07 October 2015, Editors: Dabdoub, A., Fritzsch, B., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R.
The Ribbon Synapse Between Type I Spiral Ganglion Neurons and Inner Hair Cells
Rutherford M.A., Moser T.

EMBO J. 2015 Oct 7. pii: e201591885. [Epub ahead of print].
Disruption of adaptor protein 2μ (AP-2μ) in cochlear hair cells impairs vesicle reloading of synaptic release sites and hearing.
Jung S, Maritzen T, Wichmann C, Jing Z, Neef A, Revelo NH, Al-Moyed H, Meese S, Wojcik SM, Panou I, Bulut H, Schu P, Ficner R, Reisinger E, Rizzoli SO, Neef J, Strenzke N, Haucke V, Moser T.

Hear Res. 2015 Dec;330(Pt B):178-90
Molecularly and structurally distinct synapses mediate reliable encoding and processing of auditory information.
Wichmann C.

Sci Transl Med. 2015 Jul 8;7(295):295fs28.
Gene therapy for deafness: How close are we?
Moser T.

Hear Res. 2015 Jun 26. pii: S0378-5955(15)00138-0.
Synaptic encoding and processing of auditory information in physiology and disease.
Moser T, Strenzke N.

Cell Tissue Res. 2015 Jul;361(1):95-114.
Relating structure and function of inner hair cell ribbon synapses.
Wichmann C, Moser T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 1. pii: 201417207.
Rab3-interacting molecules 2α and 2β promote the abundance of voltage-gated CaV1.3 Ca2+ channels at hair cell active zones.
Jung S, Oshima-Takago T, Chakrabarti R, Wong AB, Jing Z, Yamanbaeva G, Picher MM, Wojcik SM, Göttfert F, Predoehl F, Michel K, Hell SW, Schoch S, Strenzke N, Wichmann C, Moser T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 17. pii: 201416424. [Epub ahead of print]
EF-hand protein Ca2+ buffers regulate Ca2+ influx and exocytosis in sensory hair cells.
Pangršič T, Gabrielaitis M, Michanski S, Schwaller B, Wolf F, Strenzke N, Moser T.

J Cell Sci. 2015 Feb 15;128(4):638-44. doi: 10.1242/jcs.162099.[Epub ahead of print]
Unconventional molecular regulation of synaptic vesicle replenishment in cochlear inner hair cells.
Vogl C, Cooper BH, Neef J, Wojcik SM, Reim K, Reisinger E, Brose N, Rhee JS, Moser T, Wichmann C.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2015 Jan 28;34C:29-36. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2015.01.004. Review.
Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway for research and future prosthetics.
Moser T.

Hear Res. 2015 Jan 16. pii: S0378-5955(15)00008-8. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2015.01.005. Review.
Considering optogenetic stimulation for cochlear implants.
Jeschke M, Moser T.



2014

J Vis Exp. 2014 Oct 8;(92):e52069. doi: 10.3791/52069.
Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory nerve.
Hernandez VH, Gehrt A, Jing Z, Hoch G, Jeschke M, Strenzke N, Moser T.

Neuron. 2014 Sep 3, pii: S0896-6273(14)00678-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.08.003. [Epub ahead of print]
Uniquantal Release through a Dynamic Fusion Pore Is a Candidate Mechanism of Hair Cell Exocytosis.
Chapochnikov NM, Takago H, Huang CH, Pangršič T, Khimich D, Neef J, Auge E, Göttfert F, Hell SW, Wichmann C, Wolf F, Moser T.

J Cell Biol. 2014 May 26;205(4):591-606. doi:10.1083/jcb.201402066.
A new probe for super-resolution imaging of membranes elucidates trafficking pathways.
Revelo NH, Kamin D, Truckenbrodt S, Wong AB, Reuter-Jessen K, Reisinger E, Moser T, Rizzoli SO.

J Neurosci. 2014 May 14;34(20):6843-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4990-13.2014
ATP hydrolysis is critically required for function of CaV1.3 channels in cochlear inner hair cells via fueling Ca2+ clearance.
Weiler S, Krinner S, Wong AB, Moser T, Pangršič T.

EMBO J. 2014 Mar 3;33(5):512-27. doi:10.1002/embj.201385887.
Bassoon-disruption slows vesicle replenishment and induces homeostatic plasticity at a CNS synapse.
Mendoza Schulz A, Jing Z, Sánchez Caro JM, Wetzel F, Dresbach T, Strenzke N, Wichmann C, Moser T.

J Clin Invest. 2014 Mar 3;124(3):1114-29. doi:10.1172/JCI69050.
Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway.
Hernandez VH, Gehrt A, Reuter K, Jing Z, Jeschke M, Mendoza Schulz A, Hoch G, Bartels M, Vogt G, Garnham CW, Yawo H, Fukazawa Y, Augustine GJ, Bamberg E, Kügler S, Salditt T, de Hoz L, Strenzke N, Moser T.

EMBO J. 2014 Feb 3;33(3):247-64. doi: 10.1002/embj.201387110.
Developmental refinement of hair cell synapses tightens the coupling of Ca2+ influx to exocytosis.
Wong AB, Rutherford MA, Gabrielaitis M, Pangrsic T, Göttfert F, Frank T, Michanski S, Hell S, Wolf F, Wichmann C, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2014 Jan 15;34(3):705-16. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3313-13.2014.
Modes and regulation of endocytic membrane retrieval in mouse auditory hair cells.
Neef J, Jung S, Wong AB, Reuter K, Pangrsic T, Chakrabarti R, Kügler S, Lenz C, Nouvian R, Boumil RM, Frankel WN, Wichmann C, Moser T.

Otol Neurotol. 2013 Aug;34(6):995-1004. doi:10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182814d4a. Review.
Review of hair cell synapse defects in sensorineural hearing impairment.
Moser T, Predoehl F, Starr A.



2013

J Physiol. 2013 Jul 1;591(Pt 13):3253-69. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2013.254367.
Harmonin enhances voltage-dependent facilitation of CaV1.3 channels and synchronous exocytosis in mouse inner hair cells.
Gregory FD, Pangrsic T, Calin-Jageman IE, Moser T, Lee A.

J Neurosci. 2013 Jun 26;33(26):10661-6. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1215-13.2013.
Concurrent maturation of inner hair cell synaptic Ca2+ influx and auditory nerve spontaneous activity around hearing onset in mice.
Wong AB, Jing Z, Rutherford MA, Frank T, Strenzke N, Moser T.

Glia. 2013 Apr;61(4):567-86. doi: 10.1002/glia.22456.
A critical role for the cholesterol-associated proteolipids PLP and M6B in myelination of the central nervous system.
Werner HB, Krämer-Albers EM, Strenzke N, Saher G, Tenzer S, Ohno-Iwashita Y, De Monasterio-Schrader P, Möbius W, Moser T, Griffiths IR, Nave KA.

J Neurosci. 2013 Mar 6;33(10):4456-67. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3491-12.2013.
Disruption of the presynaptic cytomatrix protein bassoon degrades ribbon anchorage, multiquantal release, and sound encoding at the hair cell afferent synapse.
Jing Z, Rutherford MA, Takago H, Frank T, Fejtova A, Khimich D, Moser T, Strenzke N.

Nat Commun. 2013;4:1438. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2445.
Ephrin-A5/EphA4 signalling controls specific afferent targeting to cochlear hair cells.
Defourny J, Poirrier AL, Lallemend F, Mateo Sánchez S, Neef J, Vanderhaeghen P, Soriano E, Peuckert C, Kullander K, Fritzsch B, Nguyen L, Moonen G, Moser T, Malgrange B.



2012

Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Nov 2;91(5):919-27. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.09.002.
A mutation in PNPT1, encoding mitochondrial-RNA-import protein PNPase, causes hereditary hearing loss.
von Ameln S, Wang G, Boulouiz R, Rutherford MA, Smith GM, Li Y, Pogoda HM, Nürnberg G, Stiller B, Volk AE, Borck G, Hong JS, Goodyear RJ, Abidi O, Nürnberg P, Hofmann K, Richardson GP, Hammerschmidt M, Moser T, Wollnik B, Koehler CM, Teitell MA, Barakat A, Kubisch C.

Trends Neurosci. 2012 Nov;35(11):671-80. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2012.08.002. Review.
Otoferlin: a multi-C2 domain protein essential for hearing.
Pangršič T, Reisinger E, Moser T.

Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Oct 5;91(4):636-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.08.018.
A mutation in CABP2, expressed in cochlear hair cells, causes autosomal-recessive hearing impairment.
Schrauwen I, Helfmann S, Inagaki A, Predoehl F, Tabatabaiefar MA, Picher MM, Sommen M, Seco CZ, Oostrik J, Kremer H, Dheedene A, Claes C, Fransen E, Chaleshtori MH, Coucke P, Lee A, Moser T, Van Camp G.

J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 29;32(35):12192-203.
Deletion of the presynaptic scaffold CAST reduces active zone size in rod photoreceptors and impairs visualprocessing.
tom Dieck S, Specht D, Strenzke N, Hida Y, Krishnamoorthy V, Schmidt KF, Inoue E, Ishizaki H, Tanaka-Okamoto M, Miyoshi J, Hagiwara A, Brandstätter JH, Löwel S, Gollisch T, Ohtsuka T, Moser T.

HNO. 2012 Aug;60(8):707-14. doi: 10.1007/s00106-011-2457-y. German.
Super-resolution optical microscopy of the organ of Corti. Investigations on the fine structure of the inner hair cell afferent synapse by the 4Pi and STED techniques.
Meyer AC, Khimich D, Egner A, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2012 Jul 11;32(28):9485-98. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0311-12.2012.
The mechanosensory structure of the hair cell requires clarin-1, a protein encoded by Usher syndrome III causative gene.
Geng R, Melki S, Chen DH, Tian G, Furness DN, Oshima-Takago T, Neef J, Moser T, Askew C, Horwitz G, Holt JR, Imanishi Y, Alagramam KN.

J Neurosci. 2012 Apr 4;32(14):4773-89. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4511-11.2012.
Spike encoding of neurotransmitterrelease timing by spiral ganglion neurons of the cochlea.
Rutherford MA, Chapochnikov NM, Moser T.

Physiology (Bethesda). 2012 Apr;27(2):100-12. doi: 10.1152/physiol.00036.2011. Review.
Neural circuit development in the mammalian cochlea.
Bulankina AV, Moser T.



2011

Eur J Cell Biol.2011 Oct;90(10):817-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.05.001.
Connexin32 can restore hearing in connexin26 deficient mice.
Degen J, Schütz M, Dicke N, Strenzke N, Jokwitz M, Moser T, Willecke K.

Nat Neurosci. 2011 Aug 7;14(9):1109-11. doi: 10.1038/nn.2895.
Harmonin inhibits presynaptic CaV1.3 Ca2+ channels in mouse inner hair cells.
Gregory FD, Bryan KE, Pangršič T, Calin-Jageman IE, Moser T, Lee A.

EMBO J. 2011 Jun 24;30(14):2793-804. doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.202.
A synthetic prestin reveals protein domains and molecular operation of outer hair cell piezoelectricity.
Schaechinger TJ, Gorbunov D, Halaszovich CR, Moser T, Kügler S, Fakler B, Oliver D.

Nat Neurosci. 2011 Apr;14(4):411-3. doi: 10.1038/nn.2774.
Exocytosis at the hair cell ribbon synapse apparently operates without neuronal SNARE proteins.
Nouvian R, Neef J, Bulankina AV, Reisinger E, Pangršič T, Frank T, Sikorra S, Brose N, Binz T, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2011 Mar 30;31(13):4886-95. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5122-10.2011.
Probing the functional equivalence of otoferlin and synaptotagmin 1 in exocytosis.
Reisinger E, Bresee C, Neef J, Nair R, Reuter K, Bulankina A, Nouvian R, Koch M, Bückers J, Kastrup L, Roux I, Petit C, Hell SW, Brose N, Rhee JS, Kügler S, Brigande JV, Moser T.

J Mol Biol. 2011 Feb 25;406(3):479-90. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.12.031.
The crystal structure of the C₂A domain of otoferlin reveals an unconventional top loop region.
Helfmann S, Neumann P, Tittmann K, Moser T, Ficner R, Reisinger E.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 15;108(7):3053-8. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006946108. Epub 2011 Jan 31.
Neuroligin-4 is localized to glycinergic postsynapses and regulates inhibition in the retina.
Hoon M, Soykan T, Falkenburger B, Hammer M, Patrizi A, Schmidt KF, Sassoè-Pognetto M, Löwel S, Moser T, Taschenberger H, Brose N, Varoqueaux F.

Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Jan 1;20(1):28-39.doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddq429.
The connexin26 S17F mouse mutant represents a model for the human hereditary keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome.
Schütz M, Auth T, Gehrt A, Bosen F, Körber I, Strenzke N, Moser T, Willecke K.



2006 - 2010

Neuron. 2010 Nov 18;68(4):724-38. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2010.10.027.
Bassoon and the synaptic ribbon organize Ca²+ channels and vesicles to add release sites and promote refilling.
Frank T, Rutherford MA, Strenzke N, Neef A, Pangršič T, Khimich D, Fejtova A, Gundelfinger ED, Liberman MC, Harke B, Bryan KE, Lee A, Egner A, Riedel D, Moser T.

Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Oct;18(5):441-6. doi:10.1097/MOO.0b013e32833e0586. Review.
Structure and function of cochlear afferent innervation.
Meyer AC, Moser T.

PLoS Genet. 2010 Aug 5;6(8). pii: e1001046. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001046.
A missense mutation in a highly conserved alternate exon of dynamin-1 causes epilepsy in fitful mice.
Boumil RM, Letts VA, Roberts MC, Lenz C, Mahaffey CL, Zhang ZW, Moser T, Frankel WN.

Nat Neurosci. 2010 Jul;13(7):869-76. doi: 10.1038/nn.2578.
Hearing requires otoferlin-dependent efficient replenishment of synaptic vesicles in hair cells.
Pangrsic T, Lasarow L, Reuter K, Takago H, Schwander M, Riedel D, Frank T, Tarantino LM, Bailey JS, Strenzke N, Brose N, Müller U, Reisinger E, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 2;30(22):7587-97. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0389-10.2010.
Onset coding is degraded in auditory nerve fibers from mutant mice lacking synaptic ribbons.
Buran BN, Strenzke N, Neef A, Gundelfinger ED, Moser T, Liberman MC.

J Neurosci. 2009 Oct 14;29(41):12802-6. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3346-09.2009. Review.
Functional properties of synaptic transmission in primary sense organs.
Singer JH, Glowatzki E, Moser T, Strowbridge BW, Bhandawat V, Sampath AP.

J Neurosci. 2009 Aug 26;29(34):10730-40. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1577-09.2009.
The Ca2+ channel subunit beta2 regulates Ca2+ channel abundance and function in inner hair cells and is required for hearing.
Neef J, Gehrt A, Bulankina AV, Meyer AC, Riedel D, Gregg RG, Strenzke N, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2009 Jun 24;29(25):8039-50. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0534-09.2009.
Neuroligin 2 controls the maturation of GABAergic synapses and information processing in the retina.
Hoon M, Bauer G, Fritschy JM, Moser T, Falkenburger BH, Varoqueaux F.

J Neurosci. 2009 Jun 24;29(25):7991-8004. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0632-09.2009.
Complexin-I is required for high-fidelity transmission at the endbulb of Held auditory synapse.
Strenzke N, Chanda S, Kopp-Scheinpflug C, Khimich D, Reim K, Bulankina AV, Neef A, Wolf F, Brose N, Xu-Friedman MA, Moser T.

BMC Neurosci. 2009 May 29;10:54. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-54.
Does a single session of theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of inferior temporal cortex affect tinnitus perception?
Poreisz C, Paulus W, Moser T, Lang N.

Nat Neurosci. 2009 Apr;12(4):444-53. doi:10.1038/nn.2293.
Tuning of synapse number, structure and function in the cochlea.
Meyer AC, Frank T, Khimich D, Hoch G, Riedel D, Chapochnikov NM, Yarin YM, Harke B, Hell SW, Egner A, Moser T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 17;106(11):4483-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0813213106.
Mechanisms contributing to synaptic Ca2+ signals and their heterogeneity in hair cells.
Frank T, Khimich D, Neef A, Moser T.

Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Aug;83(2):278-92. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.07.008.
Impairment of SLC17A8 encoding vesicular glutamate transporter-3, VGLUT3, underlies nonsyndromic deafness DFNA25 and inner hair cell dysfunction in null mice.
Ruel J, Emery S, Nouvian R, Bersot T, Amilhon B, Van Rybroek JM, Rebillard G, Lenoir M, Eybalin M, Delprat B, Sivakumaran TA, Giros B, El Mestikawy S, Moser T, Smith RJ, Lesperance MM, Puel JL.

J Physiol. 2007 Dec 15;585(Pt 3):791-803.
Ca2+-binding proteins tune Ca2+-feedback to CaV1.3 channels in mouse auditory hair cells.
Cui G, Meyer AC, Calin-Jageman I, Neef J, Haeseleer F, Moser T, Lee A.

J Neurosci. 2007 Nov 21;27(47):12933-44.
Probing the mechanism of exocytosis at the hair cell ribbon synapse.
Neef A, Khimich D, Pirih P, Riedel D, Wolf F, Moser T.

Neuroscience. 2007 Nov 9;149(3):673-84.
Detection and differentiation of sensorineural hearing loss in mice using auditory steady-state responses and transient auditory brainstem responses.
Pauli-Magnus D, Hoch G, Strenzke N, Anderson S, Jentsch TJ, Moser T.

Pflugers Arch. 2007 May;454(2):335-44.
Measurements of membrane patch capacitance using a software-based lock-in system.
Neef A, Heinemann C, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2007 Mar 21;27(12):3163-73.
Maturation of ribbon synapses in hair cells is driven by thyroid hormone.
Sendin G, Bulankina AV, Riedel D, Moser T.

Cell Tissue Res. 2006 Nov;326(2):347-59. Review.
Hair cell ribbon synapses.
Moser T, Brandt A, Lysakowski A.

HNO. 2006 Nov;54(11):833-9. Review. German.
Diagnosis and therapy of auditory synaptopathy/neuropathy.
Moser T, Strenzke N, Meyer A, Lesinski-Schiedat A, Lenarz T, Beutner D, Foerst A, Lang-Roth R, von Wedel H, Walger M, Gross M, Keilmann A, Limberger A, Steffens T, Strutz J.

Cell. 2006 Oct 20;127(2):277-89.
Otoferlin, defective in a human deafness form, is essential for exocytosis at the auditory ribbon synapse.
Roux I, Safieddine S, Nouvian R, Grati M, Simmler MC, Bahloul A, Perfettini I, Le Gall M, Rostaing P, Hamard G, Triller A, Avan P, Moser T, Petit C.

J Physiol. 2006 Oct 1;576(Pt 1):55-62. Epub 2006 Aug 10. Review.
Mechanisms underlying the temporal precision of sound coding at the inner hair cell ribbon synapse.
Moser T, Neef A, Khimich D

Laryngorhinootologie. 2006 Oct;85(10):709-11. German.
Hearing loss -- can heat shock protein 70 be cited as prognostic marker?
Krome S, Moser T, Lenarz T.

Ca2+ channels. Neuroscience. 2006 Sep 15;141(4):1849-60.
Synaptic organization in cochlear inner hair cells deficient for the CaV1.3 (alpha1D) subunit of L-type.
Nemzou N RM, Bulankina AV, Khimich D, Giese A, Moser T.

Glia. 2006 Apr 15;53(6):601-11.
Expression pattern and functional characterization of connexin29 in transgenic mice.
Eiberger J, Kibschull M, Strenzke N, Schober A, Büssow H, Wessig C, Djahed S, Reucher H, Koch DA, Lautermann J, Moser T, Winterhager E, Willecke K.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 21;103(8):2926-31.
CSPalpha-deficiency causes massive and rapid photoreceptor degeneration.
Schmitz F, Tabares L, Khimich D, Strenzke N, de la Villa-Polo P, Castellano-Muñoz M, Bulankina A, Moser T, Fernández-Chacón R, Südhof TC.

EMBO J. 2006 Feb8;25(3):642-52.
Mice with altered KCNQ4 K+ channels implicate sensory outer hair cells in human progressive deafness.
Kharkovets T, Dedek K, Maier H, Schweizer M, Khimich D, Nouvian R, Vardanyan V, Leuwer R, Moser T, Jentsch TJ.

J Membr Biol. 2006 Feb-Mar;209(2-3):153-65. Review.
Structure and function of the hair cell ribbon synapse.
Nouvian R, Beutner D, Parsons TD, Moser T.

Neuroscience. 2006;138(2):433-46.
alpha-Neurexins are required for efficient transmitter release and synaptic homeostasis at the mouse neuromuscular junction.
Sons MS, Busche N, Strenzke N, Moser T, Ernsberger U, Mooren FC, Zhang W, Ahmad M, Steffens H, Schomburg ED, Plomp JJ, Missler M.



2001 - 2005

J Neurosci. 2005 Dec 14;25(50):11577-85.
Few CaV1.3 channels regulate the exocytosis of a synaptic vesicle at the hair cell ribbon synapse.
Brandt A, Khimich D, Moser T.

Nature. 2005 Apr 14;434(7035):889-94.
Hair cell synaptic ribbons are essential for synchronous auditory signalling.
Khimich D, Nouvian R, Pujol R, Tom Dieck S, Egner A, Gundelfinger ED, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2003 Nov 26;23(34):10832-40.
CaV1.3 channels are essential for development and presynaptic activity of cochlear inner hair cells.
Brandt A, Striessnig J, Moser T.

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2003 Aug;13(4):452-8. Review.
The afferent synapse of cochlear hair cells.
Fuchs PA, Glowatzki E, Moser T.

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Aug;6(8):846-53.
Calcium regulates exocytosis at the level of single vesicles.
Becherer U, Moser T, Stühmer W, Oheim M.

HNO. 2002 May;50(5):415-7. German.
Synaptic function in the auditory pathway and genetics of hearing loss.
Ohlrogge M, Moser T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Sep 25;98(20):11680-5.
Intracellular calcium dependence of large dense-core vesicle exocytosis in the absence of synaptotagmin I.
Voets T, Moser T, Lund PE, Chow RH, Geppert M, Südhof TC, Neher E.

Neuron. 2001 Aug 30;31(4):581-91.
Munc18-1 promotes large dense-core vesicle docking.
Voets T, Toonen RF, Brian EC, de Wit H, Moser T, Rettig J, Südhof TC, Neher E, Verhage M.

J Neurosci. 2001 Jul 1;21(13):4593-9.
The presynaptic function of mouse cochlear inner hair cells during development of hearing.
Beutner D, Moser T.

Neuron. 2001 Mar;29(3):681-90.
Calcium dependence of exocytosis and endocytosis at the cochlear inner hair cell afferent synapse.
Beutner D, Voets T, Neher E, Moser T.



1995 - 2000

J Neurosci. 2000 Nov 15;20(22):8377-83.
The readily releasable pool of vesicles in chromaffin cells is replenished in a temperature-dependent manner and transiently overfills at 37 degrees C.
Dinkelacker V, Voets T, Neher E, Moser T.

J Neurosci. 2000 Nov 15;20(22):8323-30.
R-Type Ca2+ channels are coupled to the rapid component of secretion in mouse adrenal slice chromaffin cells.
Albillos A, Neher E, Moser T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jan 18;97(2):883-8.
Kinetics of exocytosis and endocytosis at the cochlear inner hair cell afferent synapse of the mouse.
Moser T, Beutner D.

Neuron. 1999 Jul;23(3):607-15.
Mechanisms underlying phasic and sustained secretion in chromaffin cells from mouse adrenal slices.
Voets T, Neher E, Moser T.

Neuron. 1998 Jun;20(6):1243-53.
Cytosolic Ca2+ acts by two separate pathways to modulate the supply of release-competent vesicles in chromaffin cells.
Smith C, Moser T, Xu T, Neher E.

J Physiol. 1998 Jan 1;506 ( Pt 1):195-205.
Low-conductance intercellular coupling between mouse chromaffin cells in situ.
Moser T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Jun 24;94(13):6735-40.
Estimation of mean exocytic vesicle capacitance in mouse adrenal chromaffin cells.
Moser T, Neher E.

J Neurosci. 1997 Apr 1;17(7):2314-23.
Rapid exocytosis in single chromaffin cells recorded from mouse adrenal slices.
Moser T, Neher E.

Pflugers Arch. 1995 Dec;431(2):196-203.
Swelling-induced catecholamine secretion recorded from single chromaffin cells.
Moser T, Chow RH, Neher E.