Paul Fuchs PhD

John E. Bordley Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery




Ramanathan, K., T. Michael, G-J. Jiang, H. Hiel and P.A. Fuchs (1999). A molecular mechanism for the electrical tuning of cochlear hair cells.  Science. 283:215-217. 

Glowatzki E and PA Fuchs (2002) Transmitter release at the hair cell ribbon synapse.  Nature Neuroscience 5(2):147-154.  

Weisz C., E. Glowatzki and P.A. Fuchs (2009). The postsynaptic function of type II cochlear afferents.  Nature 461:1027-1162.  PMID: 19847265; PMCID: PMC2785502.  Cited in Faculty of 1000: Andy Groves: Faculty of 1000 Biology, 13 Nov 2009 http://f1000biology.com/article/id/1165587/evaluation

Weisz CJ, Lehar M, Hiel H, Glowatzki E, Fuchs PA. Synaptic transfer from outer hair cells to type II afferent fibers in the rat cochlea. J Neurosci. 2012 Jul11;32(28):9528-36. PubMed PMID: 22787038; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3433252.

Zachary SP, Fuchs PA. Re-Emergent Inhibition of Cochlear Inner Hair Cells in a Mouse Model of Hearing Loss. J Neurosci. 2015 35(26):9701-6. PMCID: PMC4571504.

Liu, C, E. Glowatzki and P.A. Fuchs (2015). Unmyelinated Type II Afferent Neurons Report Cochlear Damage.  PNAS 2015 Nov 24;112(47):14723-7.  PMCID: PMC4664349

Martinez-Monedero R, Liu C, Weisz C, Vyas P, Fuchs PA, Glowatzki E.  (2016). GluA2-Containing AMPA Receptors Distinguish Ribbon-Associated from Ribbonless Afferent Contacts on Rat Cochlear Hair Cells. eNeuro. 12;3(2). pii: ENEURO.0078-16.2016. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4874539.

Fuchs PA. A 'calcium capacitor' shapes cholinergic inhibition of cochlear hair cells. J Physiol. 2014 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24566542.  PMCID: PMC4229337

Zachary, S, Nowak N, Vyas P, Bonanni L and PA Fuchs. 2018. Voltage-gated calcium influx modifies cholinergic inhibition of inner hair cells in the immature rat cochlea. J. Neurosci. 2018 May 22. pii: 0230-18. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0230-18.2018. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29789373. PMCID: PMC6010563.

Vyas P, Wu JS, Jimenez A, Glowatzki E and PA Fuchs. 2019. Characterization of transgenic mouse lines for labeling type I and type II afferent neurons in the cochlea. Scientific Reports 9(1):5549. PMCID: PMC6447598.

P.A. Fuchs, J.S. Wu, P. Vyas and S.P. Zachary. 2017. ‘Cochlear Microcircuits’, in the second edition, “Handbook of Brain Microcircuits” edited by Gordon Shepherd and Sten Grillner, Oxford University Press.