Vertebrate Hair Cells

Abstract

Provides an overview of the mechanosensory receptor cells of the vertebrate inner ear. Each chapter is written by experimentalists active in exploring a particular set of questions in an aspect of hair cell function, including development, transduction, and synaptic transmission. Vertebrate Hair Cells: Modern and Historic Perspectives; The Development of Hair Cells in the Inner Ear; The Structure and Composition of the Stereociliary Bundle of Vertebrate Hair Cells; Mechanoelectrical Transduction in Auditory Hair Cells; Contribution of Ionic Currents to Tuning in Auditory Hair Cells; The Synaptic Physiology of Hair Cells; The Piezoelectric Outer Hair Cell; Mammalian Vestibular Hair Cells.