| Literature DB >> 19186151 |
D Ramunno-Johnson1, C E Strimbu, L Fredrickson, K Arisaka, D Bozovic.
Abstract
Under in vitro conditions, free-standing hair bundles of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) sacculus have exhibited spontaneous oscillations. We used a high-speed complementary metal oxide semiconductor camera to track the active movements of multiple hair cells in a single field of view. Our techniques enabled us to probe for correlations between pairs of cells, and to acquire records on over 100 actively oscillating bundles per epithelium. We measured the statistical distribution of oscillation periods of cells from different areas within the sacculus, and on different epithelia. Spontaneous oscillations exhibited a peak period of 33 ms (+29 ms, -14 ms) and uniform spatial distribution across the sacculus.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19186151 PMCID: PMC2716672 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.09.060
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033