FIGURE 3.

(A) Schematic drawings showing the region of the cochlea where images were acquired. (SV, scala vestibuli; ST, scala tympani; IHC, inner hair cell; OHC, outer hair cell; TM, tectorial membrane; HC, Hensen cells; DC, Deiters cells; BM, basilar membrane; IP, inner pillar cells; and OP, outer pillar cells.) (B) Standard confocal image of the organ of Corti acquired during intense sound stimulation at 160 Hz. Note the distortion caused by the rapid motion of the structures. (C) Same region of the organ at the same stimulus intensity and frequency, using pulsed excitation. Note the absence of distortion. Abbreviations are as in A, with scale bar, 10 μm, for both images.