Their discovery was amazing for sensory physiology because it was equivalent to finding that light comes out of the eye (which has never been observed). Within five years it was discovered that the ...

Caption This scanning electron micrograph shows sensory outer hair cells, which are required for cochlear amplification and normal hearing. The image at left shows a disorganized sensory hair cell ...

Figure 19-6 Sensory hair cells within neuromasts have sensory fibers on the exposed surface, topped by a dome of flexible extracellular material - cupula Motion of water causes cupula to pivot, ...

Top: Rows of healthy sensory hair cells in the mouse inner ear with green stereocilia arcs. Middle: In Rest mutant mice, hair cells are disorganized, and stereocilia barely visible. Bottom ...

Hearing loss is most commonly caused by damage to the sensory hair cells and/or the auditory neurons in the cochlea. One possible therapeutic path would be to use otic progenitors generated in vitro ...

and whether it will ever be possible to regenerate the sensory hair cells of the inner ear in the deaf and hard-of-hearing. We are also studying the evolutionary origins of the hair cells of the inner ...

Extended exposure to loud noises can impact the mechanics of the ear’s sensory hair cells including inflammatory damage to their supporting structures and the nerve ending to the hair cells.

The programme has been investigating gene therapy to express atonal homologue 1 (ATOH1) in the inner ear to regenerate the sensory hair cells involved in detecting sound and changes in head position.

Their challenge is to maximize sensitivity and fidelity over a wide dynamic range. The sensory receptors of the mammalian auditory system, the inner hair cells (IHCs), do this with unparalleled ...

The lateral line system is composed of a canal embedded in the scales along the side of the body of a fish, around its eyes and on its lower jaw, which contain small groups of sensory hair cells ...