Mechanosensation: swimming round in circles.
Studies of inherited deafness disorders in mice and humans are providing new insights into the basis of hair-cell mechanosensitivity; this enterprise has been joined by large-scale genetic screening in the zebrafish, where a number of intriguing mutants defective in mechanosensation have recently been described.
Ashmore
J
J
Department of Physiology, University College London, UK.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*