title: Early events in auditory processing.
abstract: During the last year, further evidence has appeared concerning the basis of frequency selectivity in the cochlea, which may ultimately depend on a motile mechanism residing within the walls of the outer hair cells. Evidence has also appeared on hair-cell mechanotransduction, and on the way that the stimulus is coupled to the mechanotransducer channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Pickles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D002465:Cell Movement; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D018072:Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer / Q000502:physiology*; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008959:Models, Neurological; D015398:Signal Transduction