Organ of Corti Kinematics Export

@article{citeulike:4505439, abstract = {The internal workings of the organ of Corti and their relation to basilar membrane motion are examined with the aid of a simple kinematic model. It is shown that, due to the lever system embodied in the organ of Corti, there is a significant transformer gain between basilar membrane and cilia displacements. While this transformation is nonlinear, linear response prevails in the narrow physiologically relevant operating range of the ciliary transducer. The model also simulates cilia deflection when the mechanical stimulus is the length change of outer hair cells.}, author = {Dallos, Peter}, citeulike-article-id = {4505439}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10162-002-3049-z}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/r6j0apjptctx4hkp}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s10162-002-3049-z}, journal = {JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology}, keywords = {cilia, cochlea, ihc, kinematics, model}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {416--421}, posted-at = {2009-05-12 17:22:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Organ of Corti Kinematics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10162-002-3049-z}, volume = {4}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4505439 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4505439 N2 - The internal workings of the organ of Corti and their relation to basilar membrane motion are examined with the aid of a simple kinematic model. It is shown that, due to the lever system embodied in the organ of Corti, there is a significant transformer gain between basilar membrane and cilia displacements. While this transformation is nonlinear, linear response prevails in the narrow physiologically relevant operating range of the ciliary transducer. The model also simulates cilia deflection when the mechanical stimulus is the length change of outer hair cells. IS - 3 JF - JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology EP - 421 TI - Organ of Corti Kinematics VL - 4 SP - 416 KW - cilia KW - cochlea KW - ihc KW - kinematics KW - model AU - Dallos, Peter PY - 2003/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10162-002-3049-z ER -