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ReviewAnnual review of neuroscience2007

The micromachinery of mechanotransduction in hair cells.

Melissa A Vollrath, Kelvin Y Kwan, David P Corey

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Review in Annual review of neuroscience, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers.

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118citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed, 218 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A mosquito-inspired theoretical framework for acoustic signal detection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. [Role of Piezo mechanosensitive ion channels in the osteoarticular system].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024
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  11. Sensory cells in tunicates: insights into mechanoreceptor evolution.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  13. Bacteria in Fluid Flow.Journal of bacteriology · 2023
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  14. Shear rate sensitizes bacterial pathogens to HProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  15. Vestibular Drop Attacks and Meniere's Disease as Results of Otolithic Membrane Damage-A Numerical Model.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2023
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  17. Nanchung and Inactive define pore properties of the native auditory transduction channel inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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58 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa A VollrathHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mvollrath@hms.harvard.edu
Kelvin Y Kwan
David P Corey
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITED DEAFNESSR01DC002281 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI COREY, DAVID P · 1994 to 2018
$4.4M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC002281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanical stimuli generated by head movements and changes in sound pressure are detected by hair cells with amazing speed and sensitivity. The mechanosensitive organelle, the hair bundle, is a highly elaborated structure of actin-based stereocilia arranged in precise rows of increasing height. Extracellular linkages contribute to its cohesion and convey forces to mechanically gated channels. Channel opening is nearly instantaneous and is followed by a process of sensory adaptation that keeps the channels poised in their most sensitive range. This process is served by motors, scaffolds, and homeostatic mechanisms. The molecular constituents of this process are rapidly being elucidated, especially by the discovery of deafness genes and antibody targets.

Indexed as

AnimalsCiliaCytoskeletal ProteinsHair Cells, AuditoryHearingHumansIon ChannelsMechanotransduction, CellularOrgan of CortiPostural BalanceVestibule, LabyrinthCytoskeletal ProteinsIon Channels

Identifiers

PMID17428178
PMCPMC2865174
OpenAlexW2161786353

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