包裹起来立体根的根茎
Jacques Boutet de Monvel1, Christine Petit
1Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Département de Neuroscience, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; Inserm UMRS 587, Paris, France.
Cell
|June 1, 2010
概括
活性蛋白结合蛋白TRIOBP将立体细胞的活性纤维捆绑成坚固的根子. 这种捆绑为毛细胞的声音感应结构提供了独特的弹性和强度.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 听觉神经科学 听觉神经科学
背景情况:
- 耳毛细胞拥有充满动素的立体,对听力至关重要.
- 立体在它们的幼根处旋转,使它们能够检测声音.
- 立体的机械特性对听觉功能至关重要.
相关概念视频
Hair Cells
Hair cells are the sensory receptors of the auditory system—they transduce mechanical sound waves into electrical energy that the nervous system can understand. Hair cells are located in the organ of Corti within the cochlea of the inner ear, between the basilar and tectorial membranes. The actual sensory receptors are called inner hair cells. The outer hair cells serve other functions, such as sound amplification in the cochlea, and are not discussed in detail here.
Unrenewable Cells
In humans, the photoreceptor cells of the eye and sensory hair cells of the ear lack stem cells. These cells are thus unrenewable and cannot be replaced when they are damaged or destroyed.
Photoreceptors
The retina is composed of several layers and contains specialized cells called photoreceptors. The photoreceptors (rods and cones) change their membrane potential when stimulated by light energy. There are two types of photoreceptors—rods and cones—which differ in the shape of their outer...
Photoreceptors
The retina is composed of several layers and contains specialized cells called photoreceptors. The photoreceptors (rods and cones) change their membrane potential when stimulated by light energy. There are two types of photoreceptors—rods and cones—which differ in the shape of their outer...
Auditory Pathway
Auditory pathways constitute the complex neural circuits responsible for transmitting and interpreting auditory information from the peripheral auditory system to the brain. Sound waves are initially captured by the outer ear, funneled through the ear canal, and reach the tympanic membrane (eardrum). These vibrations are transmitted via the middle ear's ossicles to the inner ear's cochlea.
When viewed cross-sectionally, the cochlea reveals the scala vestibuli and scala tympani flanking the...
When viewed cross-sectionally, the cochlea reveals the scala vestibuli and scala tympani flanking the...


