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. 2012 Dec 6;76(5):868-70.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.11.016.

Probing the cochlear amplifier by immobilizing molecular motors of sensory hair cells

Tianying Ren  1 , Peter G Gillespie
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Probing the cochlear amplifier by immobilizing molecular motors of sensory hair cells

Tianying Ren et al. Neuron. .
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The location and longitudinal extent of cochlear biomechanical amplification has been an open question. In this issue of Neuron, Fisher et al. (2012) demonstrate that sound-induced vibration is amplified over a short region-about one wavelength-prior to the response peak.

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