Related Experiment Videos

[The morphologic changes of outer hair cells induced by hypotonic, hypertonic medium and electromotility]

L Chen1, S Jiang, R Gu

  • 1PLA General Hospital, Beijing.

Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi
|January 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Cochlear outer hair cells change length and diameter in response to osmotic pressure. Electrical stimulation causes oscillatory movements, which are reduced by hypertonic solutions.

Related Concept Videos