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SUBMITTER: Webber JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7817091 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Webber Jemma L JL Clancy John C JC Zhou Yingjie Y Yraola Natalia N Homma Kazuaki K García-Añoveros Jaime J
Science advances 20210120 4
Hearing involves a stereotyped neural network communicating cochlea and brain. How this sensorineural circuit assembles is largely unknown. The cochlea houses two types of mechanosensory hair cells differing in function (sound transmission versus amplification) and location (inner versus outer compartments). Inner (IHCs) and outer hair cells (OHCs) are each innervated by a distinct pair of afferent and efferent neurons: IHCs are contacted by type I afferents receiving axodendritic efferent conta ...[more]