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. 2008 Jan 4;94(7):2639–2653. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123257

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Method of mechanical stimulation, showing four rows of hair bundles, one IHC at the bottom and three OHCs with the flexible fiber connected to a first-row OHC bundle by a Sylgard bead. The fiber is attached to a piezoelectric actuator and is introduced along the long axis of the cochlea, here from the right. P8 rat.