The outer and inner hair cells of the mammalian cochlea perform different functions. In response
to changes in membrane potential, the cylindrical outer hair cell rapidly alters its length …

Design objectives Virtually all environmental and biologically significant sounds change
their amplitude, frequency, and phase, from instant to instant. The ear must be capable of …

The Auditory Periphery: Biophysics and Physiology is an attempt to provide comprehensive
and detailed information regarding biophysics and physiology in terms of the peripheral …

1. Recordings were made from chinchilla auditory nerve fibers after portions of the cochlear
outer hair cell (OHC) population were destroyed with the antibiotic kanamycin. In most cases …

Outer hair cells (OHCs) of the mammalian cochlea actively change their cell length in
response to changes in membrane potential. This electromotility, thought to be the basis of …

1. Responses of single fibers were obtained from the auditory nerve of chinchillas. Tone-burst
stimuli consisted of a masking stimulus followed by a probe stimulus. Forward masking of …

It is a central tenet of cochlear neurobiology that mammalian ears rely on a local, mechanical
amplification process for their high sensitivity and sharp frequency selectivity. While it is …

Knowledge about the structure and function of the inner ear is vital to an understanding of
vertebrate hearing. This volume presents a detailed overview of the mammalian cochlea from …

Prestin, a transmembrane protein found in the outer hair cells of the cochlea, represents a
new type of molecular motor, which is likely to be of great interest to molecular cell biologists. …

Outer hair cells undergo somatic elongation-contraction cycles in vitro when electrically
stimulated. This "electromotile" response is assumed to underlie the high sensitivity and …