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Direct mechanical stimulation of tip links in hair cells through DNA tethers
eLife, 2016 Mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells commences with hair-bundle deflection, which is postulated to tense filamentous tip links connected to transduction channels.
Aakash Basu +4 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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Sound Localization Training and Induced Brain Plasticity: An fMRI Investigation
DiagnosticsBackground/Objectives: Neuroimaging techniques have been increasingly utilized to explore neuroplasticity induced by various training regimens. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables to study these changes non-invasively.
Ranjita Kumari +3 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Coupled materials design enables a monolithic fiber that integrates complementary sensing regimes into a single wearable strand. By preserving informative signal features across subtle physiological deformation, large body motion, and mixed mechanical inputs, the dual‐gradient architecture generates synchronized, less redundant outputs that improve ...
Yunheum Lee +13 more
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Functional characterization of MFSD3 in auditory system and zebrafish embryogenesis
Frontiers in GeneticsThe solute carriers (SLCs) are important membrane-bound transporters that regulate cellular nutrition, metabolism, homeostasis and survival. Emerging evidence highlights the critical involvement of SLCs in auditory physiology.
Ying Ma +48 more
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Intrinsically Stretchable Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Artificial Ultrasonic Sensory Synapse
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Applying ultrasonic stimulations to a soft‐stretchable underwater piezoelectric sensor based on the soft‐stretchable nanocomposite from the thermal cross‐linking between the ─C─F group of P(VDF‐TrFE) and the ─NH2 group of (PEG‐diamine) with incorporating amine‐terminated BTO@APTES nanofillers on the soft PDMS substrates generated high piezoelectric ...
Trung Dieu Do +11 more
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Mucormycosis and Hearing: A Hospital-Based Study
International Archives of OtorhinolaryngologyIntroduction Mucormycosis, a fungal infection with severe consequences, gained prominence during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While significant efforts were made to understand the systemic implications of mucormycosis,
Monalisa Jati +5 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.We mechanically program liquid crystal elastomer coatings as a stimuli‐responsive and digitally addressable platform for refreshable tactile displays; we validate the perceptual performance of our dynamic device matches conventional static tactile media.
Tom Bruining +9 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Nanoporous silica nanoparticles incorporated in nanoporous platinum offer the possibility for implant‐associated drug delivery from neuronal electrodes. ABSTRACT Sensorineural hearing loss, resulting from damage to the hair cells of the inner ear, profoundly impairs quality of life.
Mosaieb Habib +10 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.A patient‐specific, imaging‐guided aid enables precise and reproducible drug delivery to the inner ear. By guiding therapeutic agents directly to the round window niche, this approach reduces variability in drug localization, improves delivery safety, and addresses a critical bottleneck in inner ear therapy, offering a scalable strategy for precision ...
Yanjing Luo +4 more
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