Stiffness and tension gradients of the hair cell’s tip-link complex in the mammalian cochlea

Stiffness and tension gradients of the hair cell’s tip-link complex in the mammalian cochlea

Sound analysis by the cochlea relies on frequency tuning of mechanosensory hair cells along a tonotopic axis. To clarify the underlying biophysical mechanism, we have investigated the micromechanical properties of the hair cell’s mechanoreceptive hair bundle within the apical half of the rat cochlea...

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Main Authors: Mélanie Tobin, Atitheb Chaiyasitdhi, Vincent Michel, Nicolas Michalski, Pascal Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
hair cell
hair bundle
cochlea
hearing
tonotopy
frequency selectivity
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/43473

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