• DOI:10.1152/physrev.00044.2006
Corpus ID: 17722638

Cochlear outer hair cell motility.

@article{Ashmore2008CochlearOH,
  title={Cochlear outer hair cell motility.},
  author={J. Ashmore},
  journal={Physiological reviews},
  year={2008},
  volume={88 1},
  pages={
          173-210
        }
}

J. Ashmore

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Physiological reviews

Normal hearing depends on sound amplification within the mammalian cochlea. The amplification, without which the auditory system is effectively deaf, can be traced to the correct functioning of a group of motile sensory hair cells, the outer hair cells of the cochlea. Acting like motor cells, outer hair cells produce forces that are driven by graded changes in membrane potential. The forces depend on the presence of a motor protein in the lateral membrane of the cells. This protein, known as… CONTINUE READING

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