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Discovery of molecular 'spring' reveals how hearing is triggered
The researchers found that the coiled spiral is stiff, but is flexibly attached to the channel gate via a bendy hinge. When the researchers doubled the hinge, putting two hinges in tandem, the ...
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Molecular Spring Triggers Hearing
Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular "springs" that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades ...
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Hearing triggered by molecular 'spring'
Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular 'springs' that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, ...