The experiment on the protein exposed to acoustic wave in model of hair cells.
Why do animals have intense troubles mainly in the basal turns of their cochleae by exposure to sound and the ototoxity? I thought that the protein in cells had an important relation to this subject. So I performed this experiment. I made model of hair cells of silicon and poured three kinds of solutions of protein into them. And I checked the ionization of the protein and its denaturation by giving strong energy of oscillation to them like the same idea of photoelectric effect. As the result, as for the protein liquid, I noticed the increase of volts just after it was exposed to sound and about 3 hours later, I observed the figure decreased gradually. From this phenomenon, I presumed that the protein in sensory cells became a factor of the stimulation by receiving strong energy conversely. Low-percent protein liquid had less effect caused by sound.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008954:Models, Biological; D009925:Organ of Corti / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011506:Proteins; D013016:Sound; D013696:Temperature
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