Collagen-based mechanical anisotropy of the tectorial membrane: Implications for inter-row coupling of outer hair cell bundles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gavara, Núria ^a   Chadwick, Richard S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; SOUND TRANSMISSION; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; GUINEA PIG; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; RABBITS;

EID: 62849120110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004877     Document Type: Article

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