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First published online May 19, 2008
Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 1775-1780 (2008)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2008
doi: 10.1242/jeb.017616
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Linear and nonlinear processing in hair cells

William M. Roberts* and Mark A. Rutherford

Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA


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  		Fig. 1. The relationship between hair bundle displacement and the resulting current through transduction channels. At rest (displacement=0) the transducer in many hair cells lies to the left of center on the curve (filled circle), and therefore not at the point of maximum sensitivity or greatest linearity to small inputs.

 




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