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Abstract
Auditory hair cells transduce sound vibrations into membrane potential changes, ultimately leading to changes in neuronal firing and sound perception. This review provides an overview of the characteristics and repair capabilities of traumatized auditory sensory epithelium in the adult vertebrate ear. Injured mammalian auditory epithelium repairs itself by forming permanent scars but is unable to regenerate replacement hair cells. In contrast, injured non-mammalian vertebrate ear generates replacement hair cells to restore hearing functions. Non-sensory support cells within the auditory epithelium play key roles in the repair processes.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23178236 PMCID: PMC3637947 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.11.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hear Res ISSN: 0378-5955 Impact factor: 3.208