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hair cell
Function:
- auditory receptor cells
Structure:
- the organ of Corti contains 1 inner layer & 3 outer layers of hair cells
Innervation:
- innervated by the cochlear nerve
Pathology:
- loud noises, toxic drugs, viral infections gradually deplete the number cochlear hair cells, leading to hearing loss [2]
- cochlear stem cells do not replace this loss [2]
Specific
vestibular hair cell
General
neuroepithelial cell
ear structure
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Komaroff AL
NEJM Journal Watch. March 23, 2017
Massachusetts Medical Society
(subscription needed) http://www.jwatch.org
- McLean WJ, Yin X, Lu L et al.
Clonal expansion of Lgr5-positive cells from mammalian cochlea
and high-purity generation of sensory hair cells.
Cell Reports 2017 Feb 21; 18:1917
PMID: 28228258 Free Article
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