Vertebrate Hair Cells

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eatock, Ruth Anne (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 27
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Neurobiology.; Vertebrates.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Life Sciences, general.

'Vertebrate Hair Cells' provides a current overview of the mechanosensory receptor cells of the vertebrate inner ear. Each chapter is written by experimentalists active in exploring a particular aspect of hair cell function, including development, mechanoelectrical transduction, and synapt...

Table of Contents:

• Vertebrate Hair Cells: Modern and Historic Perspectives
• The Development of Hair Cells in the Inner Ear
• The Structure and Composition of the Stereociliary Bundle of Vertebrate Hair Cells
• Mechanoelectrical Transduction in Auditory Hair Cells
• Contribution of Ionic Currents to Tuning in Auditory Hair Cells
• The Synaptic Physiology of Hair Cells
• The Piezoelectric Outer Hair Cell
• Mammalian Vestibular Hair Cells.