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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Asymmetric vibrations in the organ of Corti by outer hair cells measured from excised gerbil cochlea.

Wei-Ching Lin, Anes Macić, Jonathan Becker, Jong-Hoon Nam

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. Stem cell-based and gene editing strategies in the treatment of congenital and acquired sensorineural hearing loss: a narrative review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  5. Corti Fluid Is a Medium for Outer Hair Cell Force Transmission.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  6. Outer hair cells stir cochlear fluids.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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Wei-Ching LinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Anes MacićDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Jonathan BeckerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
Jong-Hoon NamDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. jong-hoon.nam@rochester.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7477-5453

Funding

The Role of the Organ of Corti for Cochlear Power TransmissionR01DC014685 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Jong-Hoon Nam · 2015 to 2026
$4.1M
Mass transport in the inner-ear fluidR01DC020150 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Jong-Hoon Nam · 2023 to 2026
$2.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014685NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC020150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pending questions regarding cochlear amplification and tuning are hinged upon the organ of Corti (OoC) active mechanics: how outer hair cells modulate OoC vibrations. Our knowledge regarding OoC mechanics has advanced over the past decade thanks to the application of tomographic vibrometry. However, recent data from live cochlea experiments often led to diverging interpretations due to complicated interaction between passive and active responses, lack of image resolution in vibrometry, and ambiguous measurement angles. We present motion measurements and analyses of the OoC sub-components at the close-to-true cross-section, measured from acutely excised gerbil cochleae. Specifically, we focused on the vibrating patterns of the reticular lamina, the outer pillar cell, and the basilar membrane because they form a structural frame encasing active outer hair cells. For passive transmission, the OoC frame serves as a rigid truss. In contrast, motile outer hair cells exploit their frame structures to deflect the upper compartment of the OoC while minimally disturbing its bottom side (basilar membrane). Such asymmetric OoC vibrations due to outer hair cell motility explain how recent observations deviate from the classical cochlear amplification theory.

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GerbillinaeHair Cells, Auditory, OuterOrgan of CortiVibrationAnimalsBasilar MembraneCochlea

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PMID38762693
PMCPMC11102476

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