The deflection of the hair-cell stereocilia opens mechanically gated ion channels that allow any small, positively charged ions (primarily 展开

In mammalian outer hair cells, the varying receptor potential is converted to active vibrations of the cell body. This mechanical response to electrical signals is termed somatic electromotility; it drives variations in the cell's length, synchronized to the incoming sound … 展开

Research on the regrowth of cochlear cells may lead to medical treatments that restore hearing. Unlike birds and fish, humans and other mammals are generally incapable of regrowing the cells of the inner ear that convert sound into neural signals when those cells … 展开

• The lamina reticularis and subjacent structures.
• Stereocilia of frog inner ear 展开

Calcium ion influx plays an important role for the hair cells to adapt to the amplification of the signal. This allows humans to ignore constant … 展开

Neurons of the auditory or vestibulocochlear nerve (the eighth cranial nerve) innervate cochlear and vestibular hair cells. The neurotransmitter released by hair cells that stimulates the terminal neurites of peripheral axons of the afferent (towards the brain) … 展开

• List of distinct cell types in the adult human body 展开