Sound detection in mammalian cochlear involves a mechanoelectrical sensory transduction whose signal can be amplified by the outer hair cells in the organ of Corti. By recording the mechanical responses of cochlear taken from genetically modified mice, the current study provides evidence for hair-cell somatic motility as the underlying mechanism of cochlear amplification.
- Marcia M Mellado Lagarde
- Markus Drexl
- Ian J Russell
