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101Prestine (protéine) — La prestine est une protéine (polynucléotide) qui est encodée chez l humain par le gène SLC26A5 (solute carrier family 26, member 5) [1],[2], situé sur le chromosome 7[3] Différents variants de cette protéine sont connus dans le monde an …
102Organ of Corti — A cross section of the cochlea illustrating the organ of Corti …
103Auditory system — The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. Ear Outer ear The folds of cartilage surrounding the ear canal are called the pinna. Sound waves are reflected and attenuated when they hit the pinna, and these changes provide… …
104Auditory neuropathy — is a variety of hearing loss in which the outer hair cells within the cochlea are present and functional, but sound information is not faithfully transmitted to the auditory nerve and brain properly. A neuropathy simply refers to a disease of the …
105Taicatoxin — (TCX) is a snake toxin that blocks voltage dependent L type calcium channels and small conductance Ca2+ activated K+ channels. The name taicatoxin (TAIpan + CAlcium + TOXIN) is derived from its natural source, the taipan snake, the site of its… …
106Signal transduction — In biology, signal transduction refers to any process by which a cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another. Most processes of signal transduction involve ordered sequences of biochemical reactions inside the cell, which are… …
107Cochlear implant — A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of December 2010,… …
108Root hairs — Root hair cells, the rhizoids of many vascular plants, are tubular outgrowths of trichoblasts, the hair forming cells on the epidermis of a plant root. That is, root hair cells are lateral extensions of a single cell and only rarely branched.… …
109Nervous system — Nerve redirects here. For other uses, see Nerve (disambiguation). This article is about the nervous system. For parts of the nervous system commonly called nerves, see Peripheral nerve. Nervous system The Human N …
110Prestin — is the motor protein of the outer hair cells of the inner ear of the mammalian cochlea [cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v405/n6783/abs/405149a0.html |title=Prestin is the motor protein of cochlear outer hair cells… …
