How can the cochlear amplifier be realized by the outer hair cells which have nothing to push against?

Hearing Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-61

  Fukazawa, Tatsuya ^a  

^a Kasukabe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active amplification; Cochlear model; Micromechanics; Outer hair cell

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIOACCUMULATION; COCHLEA; COST; HAIR CELL; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TECTORIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036805054     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00455-0     Document Type: Article

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