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Organ of Corti and Stria Vascularis: Is there an Interdependence for Survival?

Cochlear hair cells and the stria vascularis are critical for normal hearing. Hair cells transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical signals, whereas the stria is responsible for generating the endocochlear potential (EP), which is the driving force for hair cell mechanotransduction. We questioned...

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Autores principales: Liu, Huizhan, Li, Yi, Chen, Lei, Zhang, Qian, Pan, Ning, Nichols, David H., Zhang, Weiping J., Fritzsch, Bernd, He, David Z. Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28030585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168953