Piezoelectric effects in otolith structure-function relationship.
In the present report, the possible role of piezoelectric effects in the functioning of an otolith organ is discussed by comparison with effects in a man-made material, polymer composite films, in which the polymer (organic) matrix contains piezoelectric inclusions (usually, piezoceramics).  The theoretical grounds of this consideration are:  a piezoelectric model of gravireception proposed some time ago, and the description of otolith organ as a system with distributed parameters.
Kondrachuk
A V
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Institute for Physics, NAS, Kiev, Ukraine.
D000054:Acceleration; D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004710:Endolymph / Q000502:physiology; D018466:Gravity Sensing / Q000502:physiology; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010037:Otolithic Membrane / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*