Three-dimensional current flow in a large-scale model of the cochlea and the mechanism of amplification of sound

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 279-291

  Mistrík, Pavel ^a,b   Mullaley, Chris ^b   Mammano, Fabio ^c   Ashmore, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Hair cell; Outer hair cell amplification; Potassium; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AUDITION; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; POTASSIUM;

AMPLIFICATION MECHANISM; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COUPLED SYSTEMS; CURRENT FLOWS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTROMOTILITY; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; EXTRACELLULAR; HAIR CELL; HAIR CELLS; ISOLATED CELLS; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; MACRO-MECHANICS; MAMMALIAN INNER EAR; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MULTI-ELEMENT; OUTER HAIR CELL; OUTER HAIR CELL AMPLIFICATION; RECIRCULATION; SENSORY HAIR CELLS; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIALS; TRANSMEMBRANE RECEPTORS; VOLTAGE RESPONSE;

CELL MEMBRANES;

POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COCHLEA; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREDICTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TONOTOPY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HEARING; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM;

EID: 64549122024     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0201     Document Type: Article

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