The anatomy and physiology of olivocochlear (OC) efferents are reviewed. To help interpret
these, recent advances in cochlear mechanics are also reviewed. Lateral OC (LOC) …

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a novel approach to noninvasive imaging
in the past three decades, bringing a significant potential to biological research and medical …

The micromechanical mechanisms that underpin tuning and dynamic range compression in
the mammalian inner ear are fundamental to hearing, but poorly understood. Here, we …

Auditory sensory outer hair cells are thought to amplify sound-induced basilar membrane
vibration through a feedback mechanism to enhance hearing sensitivity. For optimal …

The spatial variations of the intricate cytoarchitecture, fluid scalae, and mechano-electric
transduction in the mammalian cochlea have long been postulated to provide the organ with …

The cochlea maps tones with different frequencies to distinct anatomical locations. For
instance, a faint 5000-hertz tone produces brisk responses at a place approximately 8 …

While separating sounds into frequency components and subsequently converting them into
patterns of neural firing, the mammalian cochlea processes signal components in ways that …

There is indirect evidence that the mammalian cochlea in the low-frequency apical and the
more commonly studied high-frequency basal regions function in fundamentally different …

The prevailing theory of cochlear function states that outer hair cells amplify sound-induced
vibration to improve hearing sensitivity and frequency specificity. Recent micromechanical …

Millions of people are affected by hearing loss. Hearing loss is frequently caused by noise or
aging and often associated with loss of pericytes. Pericytes populate the small vessels in the …