Echolocating Whales and Bats Express the Motor Protein Prestin in the Inner Ear: A Potential Marker for Hearing Loss

Echolocating Whales and Bats Express the Motor Protein Prestin in the Inner Ear: A Potential Marker for Hearing Loss

Prestin is an integral membrane motor protein located in outer hair cells of the mammalian cochlea. It is responsible for electromotility and required for cochlear amplification. Although prestin works in a cycle-by-cycle mode up to frequencies of at least 79 kHz, it is not known whether or not pres...

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Main Authors: Maria Morell, A. Wayne Vogl, Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Marina Piscitelli-Doshkov, Ling Tong, Sonja Ostertag, Marisa Ferreira, Natalia Fraija-Fernandez, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Jean-Luc Puel, Stephen A. Raverty, Robert E. Shadwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
prestin
hair cells
inner ear
bat
whale
echolocation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00429/full

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