Fluorescence-imaged microdeformation of the outer hair cell lateral wall

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-58

  Oghalai, John S ^a   Patel, Alpen A ^a   Nakagawa, Takashi ^a,b   Brownell, William E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cell stiffness; Cochlea; Confocal microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Fluorescence labeling; Hearing; Inner ear; Micropipette aspiration; Patch clamp technique; Stiffness parameter

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; F ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHALLOIDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031984179     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00048.1998     Document Type: Article

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