The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...

Researchers have developed a genetic "barcoding" method to trace how stem cells in embryos become neurons and inner ear cells ...

snail-like structure in the inner ear. This fluid movement pushes on hair cells that turn the physical sensations into electrical signals, which stimulate the brain. While elegant, this complex ...

The inner ear is divided into two fluid filled chambers - one inside ... The sensory cells are called hair cells because of their appearance under the microscope. Each hair cell has a tuft of ...

The cochlea uses sensory hair cells to detect sound waves in the ... have developed a new way to look at activity in the ...

Grab your copy of the event guide to learn about novel in vitro and in vivo preclinical models replicating the cochlear hair cells, auditory neurons and stereocilia in the inner ear, for acquired ...