2023
Megahertz Sampling of Prestin (SLC26a5) Voltage-Sensor Charge Movements in Outer Hair Cell Membranes Reveals Ultrasonic Activity that May Support Electromotility and Cochlear Amplification
Santos-Sacchi J, Bai J, Navaratnam D. Megahertz Sampling of Prestin (SLC26a5) Voltage-Sensor Charge Movements in Outer Hair Cell Membranes Reveals Ultrasonic Activity that May Support Electromotility and Cochlear Amplification. Journal Of Neuroscience 2023, 43: 2460-2468. PMID: 36868859, PMCID: PMC10082455, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2033-22.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConformational switchingMammalian hearingMembrane motor proteinCochlear amplificationMotor protein prestinVoltage-sensor charge movementOuter hair cell electromotilityHair cell electromotilityProtein prestinMotor proteinsConformation switchingCharge movementPrestinPrestin activityCell membraneOHC electromotilityHair cell membraneElectromotilityTransmembrane voltageOrgan of CortiAmplificationMammalsMembrane capacitanceProtein
1997
Differential Distribution of Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel Splice Variants among Hair Cells along the Tonotopic Axis of the Chick Cochlea
Navaratnam D, Bell T, Tu T, Cohen E, Oberholtzer J. Differential Distribution of Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel Splice Variants among Hair Cells along the Tonotopic Axis of the Chick Cochlea. Neuron 1997, 19: 1077-1085. PMID: 9390520, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80398-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research