Cooperativity of K <sub>v</sub> 7.4 channels confers ultrafast electromechanical sensitivity and emergent properties in cochlear outer hair cells
Maria C. Perez-Flores, Jeong H. Lee, Seojin Park, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Choong‐Ryoul Sihn, Hannah A. Ledford, Wenying Wang, Hyo Jeong Kim, Valeriy Timofeyev, Vladimir Yarov‐Yarovoy, Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, Richard D. Rabbitt, Ebenezer N. Yamoah
Abstract
7.4 gating provides OHCs with a feedback mechanism that enables the cochlea to overcome viscous drag and resolve sounds at auditory frequencies.
Topics & Concepts
Outer hair cellsCooperativitySensitivity (control systems)Ultrashort pulseBiophysicsPhysicsMaterials scienceNanotechnologyCochleaBiologyNeuroscienceOpticsGeneticsEngineeringElectronic engineeringLaserHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsHearing Loss and RehabilitationAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research