Electromechanical transduction. Influence of the outer hair cells on the motion of the organ of Corti;Elektromechanische transduktion. Einfluss der äußeren haarsinneszellen auf das bewegungsmuster des Corti-organs

HNO

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 536-543

  Nowotny, M ^a   Gummer, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear amplifier; Electromotility; Inner hair cell; Mechanoelectrical transduction; Subtectorial space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA DUCT; CORTI ORGAN; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELD; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; STEREOCILIUM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOVEMENT; ORGAN OF CORTI; VIBRATION;

EID: 33745761967     PISSN: 00176192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00106-006-1421-8     Document Type: Article

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