Modulation of outer hair cell electromotility by cochlear supporting cells and gap junctions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Yu, Ning ^a   Zho, Hong Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAP JUNCTION; HAIR CELL; HAIR CELL ELECTROMOTILITY; INNER EAR; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COCHLEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HEARING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HEARING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 71049161260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007923     Document Type: Article

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