Distal separation of chick cochlear hair cell stereocilia: Analysis of contact-constraint models

Hearing Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 22-30

  Duncan, R Keith ^b   Eisen, Marc D ^a   Saunders, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Chick; Hair cell; Micromechanics; Stereocilia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCILIUM;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; CHICKENS; CILIA; CULTURE MEDIA; HAIR CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032951130     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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