On the Deiters cell contribution to the micromechanics of the organ of Corti

Hearing Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 106-109

  Laffon, E ^a,b   Angelini, E ^b  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

cell mechanical coupling; cell stiffness; cytoskeletal protein; outer hair cell; supporting cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORTI ORGAN; CYTOSKELETON; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; ORGAN OF CORTI; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

EID: 0030587111     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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