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Mechanical-electrical Transduction

Mechanical-Electrical Transduction is a physiological process in auditory systems whereby mechanical stimuli from sound-induced vibrations are converted into electrical signals by sensory hair cells in the cochlea, enabling neural transmission of auditory information.

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Hearing. II. The physical basis of the action of the cochlea

T. Gold · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1948 · 529 citations

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The Cellular Basis of Hearing: The Biophysics of Hair Cells

A. J. Hudspeth · Science · 1985 · 334 citations

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Simulation of mechanical to neural transduction in the auditory receptor

Ray Meddis · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1986 · 324 citations

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The actions of calcium on the mechano‐electrical transducer current of turtle hair cells.

A. C. Crawford, Michael G. Evans, Robert Fettiplace · The Journal of Physiology · 1991 · 313 citations

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Mechanical transduction in biological systems.

Frederick Sachs · PubMed · 1988 · 255 citations

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Authors

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  1. AJ
    A. J. Hudspeth

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    4 publications · 620 citations

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  2. RF
    Robert Fettiplace

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 532 citations

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  3. PD
    Peter Dallos

    Northwestern University, United States

    3 publications · 134 citations

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  4. CJ
    Corné J. Kros

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 174 citations

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  5. WM
    Walter Marcotti

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 174 citations

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Institutions

168

  1. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    578 citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    301 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    343 citations

  6. Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    759 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    369 citations

  8. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    140 citations

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  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 11 publications · 870 citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    6 publications · 341 citations

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  3. Hearing Research

    5 publications · 355 citations

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  4. The Journal of Physiology

    5 publications · 637 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 5 publications · 406 citations

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