Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 5, 1609-1615, Copyright © 1985 by Society for Neuroscience
Membrane potential and response changes in mammalian cochlear hair cells during intracellular recording
P Dallos
In the preceding paper (Dallos, P. (1985) J. Neurosci. 5: 1591-1608) some
fundamental properties of cochlear inner and outer hair cells were
considered. On the basis of intracellular recording from the low frequency
region of the guinea pig cochlea, such measures as membrane potentials, the
dependence of AC and DC receptor potential magnitude on stimulus level and
frequency, and tuning characteristics relative to gross responses were
discussed. During prolonged recording various changes in membrane and
receptor potentials were observed. In the present paper the relationship
between these variations is described and evaluated in the context of a
simple hair cell model.