The physical basis of active mechanosensitivity by the hair-cell bundle

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 369-375

  Barral, Jérémie ^a   Martin, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; amplification; hair bundle; mechanoelectrical transduction; oscillations

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN; MYOSIN 1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MOTILITY; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; ELECTROMOTILITY; ENERGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; MECHANOSENSITIVITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STEREOCILIUM; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

EID: 80052777506     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32834a8c33     Document Type: Review

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