In mammals, environmental sounds stimulate the auditory receptor, the cochlea, via
vibrations of the stapes, the innermost of the middle ear ossicles. These vibrations produce …

Outer hair cells undergo somatic elongation-contraction cycles in vitro when electrically
stimulated. This" electromotile" response is assumed to underlie the high sensitivity and …

Recent findings in auditory research have significantly changed our views of the processes
involved in hearing. Novel techniques and new approaches to investigate the mammalian …

We propose a new mechanism for outer hair cell electromotility based on electrically
induced localized changes in the curvature of the plasma membrane (flexoelectricity) …

A linear (frequency-domain) model of the cat cochlea (implemented in both 1-and 2-
dimensional versions) has been developed which uses outer hair cell (OHC) forces in a …

The cochlear frequency map is believed to depend on the progressive decrease in partition
stiffness from base to apex. Measurements on cochleae from human cadavers by von …

The mammalian cochlea must extract loudness and frequency information about different
and overlapping acoustic events from a single input channel. Unlike the visual system …

Mammalian auditory outer hair cells generate high-frequency mechanical forces that
enhance sound-induced displacements of the basilar membrane within the inner ear. It has …

The outer hair cell (OHC) of the mammalian inner ear exhibits an unusual form of somatic
motility that can follow membrane-potential changes at acoustic frequencies. The cellular …

1. Cochlear outer hair cells 20-80 microns in length were compressed axially in vitro using
calibrated glass fibers mounted on a piezoelectric actuator. 2. When driven by rectangular …