Sensory transduction in auditory hair cells—PIEZOs can’t touch this
Jeffrey R. Holt, Robert Fettiplace, Ulrich Müller
Abstract
In this Viewpoint, Holt, Fettiplace, and Müller weigh the evidence supporting a role for PIEZO and TMC channels in mechanosensory transduction in inner ear hair cells.
Topics & Concepts
Transduction (biophysics)Sensory systemInner earOuter hair cellsNeuroscienceAuditory pathwaysHair cellCommunicationKinociliumBiologyPsychologyBiophysicsErythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsBat Biology and Ecology Studies