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Cochlear Mechanics: No Shout but a Twist in the Absence of Prestin

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 18; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.019

1879-0445

Joseph Santos‐Sacchi,

Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research

Mammalian hearing is boosted by mechanically active auditory receptor cells, the outer hair cells which amplify the actions of incoming sounds. Recent evidence indicates that the molecular motor that drives this amplification, prestin, may do more than boogie.