Hair cells (HCs) mediate auditory and vestibular sensation through synaptic transmission. Here, I identify asteroid (ast), an ENU-induced deafness mutant, as encoding ves [...]

Zebrafish serve as a key model for auditory and vestibular research. We developed a novel method to quantify vestibular defects in larvae using the vestibulo-ocular refle [...]

Hair cells transduce physical forces into electrical signals in nerves through a process called mechano-electrical transduction (MET), allowing auditory and vestibular [...]

This thesis investigates the role of Rabconnectin3 in auditory function using zebrafish as a genetic model for congenital deafness. Rabconnectin3 was identified as essent [...]