Force generation by mammalian hair bundles supports a role in cochlear amplification

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7028, 2005, Pages 880-883

  Kennedy, H J ^a,b   Crawford, A C ^c   Fettiplace, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CELL MEMBRANES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROTEINS;

COCHLEAR AMPLIFICATION; ELECTROMOTILITY; HAIR CELLS;

AUDITION;

CALCIUM ION; GLASS;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FORCE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MAMMAL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMECHANICS; GLASS; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HEARING; MAMMALS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS;

EID: 14544269417     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03367     Document Type: Article

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