Simulation of the response of the inner hair cell stereocilia bundle to an acoustical stimulus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Sonya T ^a,b   Chadwick, Richard S ^b  

^a School of Engineering   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MOTION; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEA DUCT; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; STEREOCILIUM; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79953306867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018161     Document Type: Article

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