title: Mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells of the bullfrog's sacculus.
abstract: Hair cells of the internal ear respond to excitatory mechanical stimulation of their hair bundles by the rapid opening of poorly cation-selective transduction channels. These channels, which are located near the bundles' tips, may be gated by forces applied through elastic linkages between adjacent stereocilia.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hudspeth
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D011892:Rana catesbeiana / Q000502:physiology*; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction