Hair-cell mechanotransduction and cochlear amplification

Neuron

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-415

  LeMasurier, Meredith ^a   Gillespie, Peter G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27644507327     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.017     Document Type: Review

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