Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈p〉Our hearing ability is exquisite in terms of sensitivity, dynamic range, and frequency discrimination. However, this acuity comes at the price of high vulnerability to a range of adverse influences—including sustained loud sounds. One may therefore expect that the ear is equipped with an alert system that can help prevent hearing damage, akin to the nociceptive sensory system that safeguards us from undergoing tissue injury. Here, Ceriani 〈i〉et al〈/i〉 reveal a complex signaling interplay of sensory and non-sensory cells that helps setting up such a system in development.〈/p〉
Print ISSN:
0261-4189
Electronic ISSN:
1460-2075
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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