Inner ear: Ca(2+)n you feel the noise?
作者信息
McDermott Brian M, López-Schier Hernán
机构信息
Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University (314), 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA.
出版信息
Curr Biol. 2004 Mar 23;14(6):R231-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.02.053.
PMID:15043832
Abstract
The death of hair cells in the inner ear as a result of exposure to loud noise can lead to irreversible deafness. New work shows that the mammalian cochlea can sense noxious sounds and use Ca(2+) waves to rapidly propagate hair cell damage signals.
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