Outer Hair Cells Provide Active Tuning in the Organ of Corti.
The detection of sound by the mammalian hearing organ, the organ of Corti, is far from a passive process with the sensory cells acting as mere receptors. The high sensitivity and sharp tuning of the auditory apparatus are very much dependant on the active mechanical behavior of the outer hair cells, acting as effector cells.
Ulfendahl
Mats
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ENT Research Laboratory, King Gustaf V Research Institute, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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