Shape Deformation of the Organ of Corti Associated with Length Changes of Outer Hair Cell

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-400

  Zimmermann, Ulrike ^a   Fermin, César ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Force generation; Hair cell motility; Inner ear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DEPOLARIZATION; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; GLUTARAL; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; ORGAN OF CORTI; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030024218     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137863     Document Type: Article

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