Acetylcholine, outer hair cell electromotility, and the cochlear amplifier

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2212-2226

  Dallos, Peter ^a   He, David Z Z ^a   Lin, Xi ^a   Sziklai, István ^b   Mehta, Samir ^a   Evans, Burt N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; calcium; cell stiffness; cochlea; cochlear amplifier; dose response curves; effects of ACh on outer hair cell; efferent; electromotility; microchamber technique; outer hair cell; patchclamp technique

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MOTILITY; COCHLEA; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

EID: 0031018397     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-06-02212.1997     Document Type: Article

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