Evidence for a highly elastic shell-core organization of cochlear outer hair cells by local membrane indentation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2982-2993

  Zelenskaya, Alexandra ^a   De Monvel, Jacques Boutet ^a   Pesen, Devrim ^b   Radmacher, Manfred ^c   Hoh, Jan H ^b   Ulfendahl, Mats ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEA; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMOTILITY; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE INDENTATION; NONHUMAN; VIBRATION;

EID: 22144491831     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.052225     Document Type: Article

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