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. 2011 Jun 23;70(6):1021-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.06.002.

Pushing the envelope of sound

Jonathan Ashmore  1
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Pushing the envelope of sound

Jonathan Ashmore. Neuron. .
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Abstract

Normal hearing depends on the amplification of sound in the cochlea. In this issue of Neuron, Fettiplace and colleagues show that prestin-based amplification is a viable mechanism as it is not limited by the outer hair cell's membrane time constant as previously surmised.

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