Outer hair cell somatic, not hair bundle, motility is the basis of the cochlear amplifier

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 · 473 citations

Force generation by mammalian hair bundles supports a role in cochlear amplification

Helen J. Kennedy, A. C. Crawford, Robert Fettiplace · Nature · 2005 · 321 citations

Mechanobiology, Engineering, Bioacoustics +12

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 · 306 citations · Full text

Molecular Biology, Targeted Deletion, Auditory Science +16

Nanomechanics of the subtectorial space caused by electromechanics of cochlear outer hair cells

Manuela Nowotny, Anthony W. Gummer · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 154 citations · Full text

Control of Mammalian Cochlear Amplification by Chloride Anions

Joseph Santos‐Sacchi, Lei Song, Jiefu Zheng et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2006 · 139 citations · Full text