Open AccessSensory transduction in the ear
Author(s) -
David P. Corey
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of cell science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.384
H-Index - 278
eISSN - 1477-9137
pISSN - 0021-9533
DOI - 10.1242/jcs.00101
Subject(s) - biology , sensory system , transduction (biophysics) , signal transduction , neuroscience , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry
Auditory sensation begins with the collection of sound energy by the external ear. Sound is carried as a mechanical vibration through the middle ear and into progressively smaller structures in the inner ear, where it finally causes an oscillating force on mechanically sensitive ion channels in hair
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