How are the inner hair cells and auditory nerve fibers activated without the mediation of the outer hair cells and the cochlear amplifier?

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Adelman, Cahtia ^a   Weinberger, Jeffrey M ^b   Sohmer, Haim ^c  

^a Speech Hearing Center   (Israel)

^b Dept of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery ^*  (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrochemical; endocochlear potential; furosemide; prestin; salicylic; sensorineural hearing loss; threshold

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; SALICYLIC ACID; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; SLC26A5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HAIR CELL; INNER HAIR CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OUTER HAIR CELL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; ANIMAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FUROSEMIDE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MALE; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; NOISE; SALICYLIC ACID;

EID: 79952108422     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2010.21.3.231     Document Type: Article

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