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Prestin's Role in Cochlear Frequency Tuning and Transmission of Mechanical Responses to Neural Excitation

Marcia M. Mellado Lagarde, Markus Drexl, Andrei N. Lukashkin, Jian Zuo, Ian J. Russell

Current Biology · 2008 · 43 citations · 15 references

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Prestin is the motor protein of cochlear outer hair cells

Jing Zheng, Weixing Shen, David Z. Z. He et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.3K citations

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Prestin is required for electromotility of the outer hair cell and for the cochlear amplifier

M. Charles Liberman, Jiangang Gao, David Z. Z. He et al. · Nature · 2002 · 936 citations

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Response Properties of Single Auditory Nerve Fibers in the Mouse

Annette M. Taberner, M. Charles Liberman · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2004 · 539 citations

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Intracellular Anions as the Voltage Sensor of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein

Dominik Oliver, David Z. Z. He, Nikolaj Klöcker et al. · Science · 2001 · 476 citations

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A Targeted Deletion in α-Tectorin Reveals that the Tectorial Membrane Is Required for the Gain and Timing of Cochlear Feedback

P. Kevin Legan, Victoria A. Lukashkina, Richard J. Goodyear et al. · Neuron · 2000 · 308 citations · Full text

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