Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a novel approach to noninvasive imaging
in the past three decades, bringing a significant potential to biological research and medical …

Mammalian hearing depends on an amplification process involving prestin, a voltage-
sensitive motor protein that enables cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) to change length and …

Insects must wonder why mammals have ears only in their head and why they evolved only
one common principle of ear design—the cochlea. Ears independently evolved at least 19 …

Mammalian hearing sensitivity and frequency selectivity depend on a mechanical
amplification process mediated by outer hair cells (OHCs). OHCs are situated within the …

Outer hair cells (OHCs) in the mammalian ear exhibit electromotility, electrically driven
somatic length changes that are thought to mechanically amplify sound-evoked vibrations …

The intricate, crystalline cytoarchitecture of the mammalian organ of Corti presumably plays
an important role in cochlear amplification. As currently understood, the oblique, Y-shaped …

Auditory sensory outer hair cells are thought to amplify sound-induced basilar membrane
vibration through a feedback mechanism to enhance hearing sensitivity. For optimal …

Within the cochlea, the basilar membrane (BM) is coupled to the reticular lamina (RL)
through three rows of piezo-like outer hair cells (OHCs) and supporting cells that endow …

In cochlear implant surgery, insertion of perimodiolar electrode arrays into the scala tympani
can be complicated by trauma or even accidental translocation of the electrode array within …

Mechanical displacements of the basilar membrane (BM) and the electrophysiological
responses of the auditory outer hair cells (OHCs) are key components of the frequency …