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. 1995 Jun;176(6):727-35.
doi: 10.1007/BF00192621.

Stiffness changes in chick hair bundles following in vitro overstimulation

Y M Szymko  1 , P M Nelson-Adesokan, J C Saunders
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Stiffness changes in chick hair bundles following in vitro overstimulation

Y M Szymko et al. J Comp Physiol A. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

1. The in vitro effect of intense stimulation on the micromechanical stiffness of hair cell sensory hair bundles was studied at three locations on the chick basilar papilla. Threshold levels of hair bundle motion, produced by a water jet stimulus, were examined before and after exposure to a 300 Hz water jet stimulus set at 25 dB above the pre-exposure threshold level. 2. Threshold levels of motion were systematically examined in 8 unexposed control cells. The level of water jet stimulus needed to achieve the detection threshold of motion remained constant in these cells when periodically tested over a 36.5-min interval. 3. Post-exposure changes in the motion detection threshold of hair bundles were examined in 82 hair bundles, and a number of effects were identified: 2.4% of the hair bundles showed no threshold changes; 31.7% of the hair bundles had threshold shifts which indicated an increase in stiffness; 18.3% exhibited a threshold shift that indicated a decrease in hair bundle stiffness, but with no recovery; and 47.6% had thresholds that indicated a decrease in hair bundle stiffness with recovery to pre-exposure levels within 16-18 min. 4. The results suggest that chick hair bundles exhibit complex and varied responses to overstimulation which are very different from that seen in the mammal.

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