Hair cells
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Main references

Hair cells: overview

Reviews

a1. Bredberg, G., Ades, H.W., Engström, H. Scanning electron microscopy of the normal and pathologically altered organ of Corti. In: Inner Ear Studies. Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh.) Suppl. 301, 3-48,1972.
a2. Pujol R. Anatomie et physiologie de la cochlée. Arch Int Phys Bioch , 97-4, A51-A78, 1989
a3. Ashmore JF. The cellular machinery of the cochlea. Exper. Physiol., 79: 113-134, 1994

Books

b1.
ENGSTRÖM, H., ADES, H.W. & ANDERSSON, A. eds, Structural Pattern of the Organ of Corti. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm,1966.

b2. SPOENDLIN, H. The Organization of the Cochlear Receptor, Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Vol. 13, L. Rüedi, ed, Karger, Basel, New York,1966.
b3. ALTSCHULER, R.A., BOBBIN, R.P., HOFFMAN, D.W., eds, Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea, Raven Press, New York, 1986.
b4. ARAN, DANCER, DOLMAZON, PUJOL et TRAN BA HUY (1988) Physiologie de la cochlée. INSERM/SFA, Paris.
b5. JAHN A.F.and J. SANTOS-SACCHI, J.eds, Cochlear physiology. , Raven Press, New York, 1988
b6. DALLOS, P., POPPER, A.N., FAY, R.R. The cochlea. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research Vol. 8, Springer Verlag, New York,1996.


Mechano-transduction

Reviews

a1.
Dulon D et Aran JM. Aspects cellulaires et moléculaires de la transduction mécano-électrique dans l'oreille interne. Médecine/Sciences, 1990, 6:744-754
a2. Pickles JO, Corey DP. Mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells. Trends Neurosci. 1992 Jul;15(7):254-9
a3. Ashmore JF. The cellular machinery of the cochlea. Exper. Physiol., 79: 113-134, 1994
a4. Hudspeth AJ, Tanaka K. Sensory systems. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1998 Aug;8(4):443-6

...and also

c1. Pickles JO, Comis SD, Osborne MP. Cross-links between stereocilia in the guinea pig organ of Corti, and their possible relation to sensory transduction. Hear Res. 1984 Aug;15(2):103-12
c2. Osborne MP, Comis SD, Pickles JO. Morphology and cross-linkage of stereocilia in the guinea-pig labyrinth examined without the use of osmium as a fixative. Cell Tissue Res. 1984;237(1):43-8
c3. Strelioff D, Flock Å, Minser KE. Role of inner and outer hair cells in mechanical frequency selectivity of the cochlea. Hear. Res. 18, 169-175, 1985
c4. Hudspeth AJ, Gillespie PG. Pulling springs to tune transduction: adaptation by hair cells. Neuron. 1994 Jan;12(1):1-9
c5. Walker RG, Hudspeth AJ. Calmodulin controls adaptation of mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells of the bullfrog's sacculus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Mar 5;93(5):2203-7
c6. Garcia JA, Yee AG, Gillespie PG, Corey DP. Localization of myosin-Ibeta near both ends of tip links in frog saccular hair cells. J Neurosci. 1998 Nov 1;18(21):8637-47.

 

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