The U of A has led publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, ...

Auditory hair cells in the inner ear are connected to the brain by several nerve fibres that are morphologically and functionally diverse. Their diversity allows us to distinguish different sound ...

The aim of this project is to unravel how electrical activity controls the maturation of sensory hair cells and the development of topographic maps in the brainstem. Moreover, we are interested in ...

and 3000 inner hair cells that transduce the mechanical vibrations into neural impulses that reach the primary auditory cortex via the eighth cranial nerve. Most notable in age-related hearing ...

Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...

“Although many individuals with hearing loss achieve excellent auditory and oral communication ... so regeneration of hair cells, either through drug treatment, stem cells or gene therapy ...

Mechanosensation relates to the ability to hear and to sense touch, while hair cells are auditory cells in the vertebrate inner ear that pick up vibrations to enable hearing. Sea anemones have ...