@inproceedings{ac548b63c5b84e609bf9d5af778b55c3,
title = "The cochlear amplifier: is it hair bundle motion of outer hair cells?",
abstract = "Cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) are involved in a mechanical feedback loop in which the fast somatic motility of OHCs is required for cochlear amplification. Alternatively, amplification is thought to arise from active hair bundle movements similar to that in non-mammalian hair cells. We measured the voltage-evoked hair bundle motions in the gerbil cochlea to determine if such movements are also present in mammalian OHCs. The OHCs displayed a large hair bundle movement that was not based on mechanotransducer channels but originated in somatic motility. Significantly, bundle movements were able to generate radial motion of the tectorial membrane in situ. This result implies that the motility-associated hair bundle motion may be part of the cochlear amplifier.",
author = "Shuping Jia and Jian Zuo and Peter Dallos and He, {David Z.Z.}",
year = "2005",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models - Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium",
publisher = "World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd",
pages = "261--269",
editor = "Nuttall, {Alfred L.} and Tianying Ren and Peter Gillespie and Karl Grosh and {de Boer}, Egbert",
booktitle = "Auditory Mechanisms",
address = "Singapore",
note = "9th International Mechanics of Hearing Workshop on Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models, MoH 2005 ; Conference date: 23-07-2005 Through 28-07-2005",
}