Development of otic organoids and their current status [PDF]
The inner ear is responsible for both hearing and balance in the body, and since the initial development of otic (inner ear) organoids from mouse pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) in 2013, significant advances have been made in this field. Bone morphogenetic
Hantai Kim +9 more
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Compartmentalized and signal-selective gap junctional coupling in the hearing cochlea [PDF]
Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) plays a major role in cochlear function. Recent evidence suggests that connexin 26 (Cx26) and Cx30 are the major constituent proteins of cochlear gap junction channels, possibly in a unique heteromeric ...
Forge, A, Jagger, DJ
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Hair cell maturation is differentially regulated along the tonotopic axis of the mammalian cochlea [PDF]
Sound amplification within the mammalian cochlea depends upon specialized hair cells, the outer hair cells (OHCs), which possess both sensory and motile capabilities.
Ceriani, Federico +7 more
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A Biophysical Model of the Inner Hair Cell: The Contribution of Potassium Currents to Peripheral Auditory Compression [PDF]
The term peripheral auditory compression refers to the fact that the whole range of audible sound pressure levels is mapped into a narrower range of auditory nerve responses. Peripheral compression is the by-product of independent compressive processes occurring at the level of the basilar membrane, the inner hair cell (IHC), and the auditory nerve ...
Enrique A, Lopez-Poveda +1 more
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Mutations in ap1b1 Cause Mistargeting of the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase Pump in Sensory Hair Cells. [PDF]
The hair cells of the inner ear are polarized epithelial cells with a specialized structure at the apical surface, the mechanosensitive hair bundle.
Clemens Grisham, Rachel +4 more
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The mammalian auditory sensory epithelium has one of the most stereotyped cellular patterns known in vertebrates. Mechano-sensory hair cells are arranged in precise rows, with one row of inner and three rows of outer hair cells spanning the length of the
Meenakshi Prajapati-DiNubila +4 more
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Retardation of cochlear maturation and impaired hair cell function caused by deletion of all known thyroid hormone receptors [PDF]
The deafness caused by early onset hypothyroidism indicates that thyroid hormone is essential for the development of hearing. We investigated the underlying roles of the TRa1 and TRß thyroid hormone receptors in the auditory system using receptor ...
Forrest, Douglas +8 more
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Inner-Hair Cells Parameterized-Hardware Implementation for Personalized Auditory Nerve Stimulation [PDF]
In this paper the hardware implementation of an inner hair cell model is presented. Main features of the design are the use of Meddis’ transduction structure and the methodology for Design with Reusability. Which allows future migration to new hardware and design refinements for speech processing and custom-made hearing ...
Miguel A. Sacristán-Martínez +4 more
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Perspectives on Auditory Neuropathy: Disorders of Inner Hair Cell, Auditory Nerve, and Their Synapse [PDF]
The term auditory neuropathy (Starr, A. et al., 1996) was first used to describe a hearing disorder due to altered function of the auditory nerve in the presence of preserved functions of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs; Starr, A. et al., 1991). The hearing loss has specific features reflecting impairment of auditory temporal processes that are ...
Starr, Arnold +5 more
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Static length changes of cochlear outer hair cells can tune low-frequency hearing.
The cochlea not only transduces sound-induced vibration into neural spikes, it also amplifies weak sound to boost its detection. Actuators of this active process are sensory outer hair cells in the organ of Corti, whereas the inner hair cells transduce ...
Nikola Ciganović +5 more
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