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In order to understand sensory processes in the organ of Corti basic knowledge is required about the physiology of excitation and inhibition in hair cells in general. Such information must be obtained from hair cells and their innervating nerve fibres by a number of research methods appropriate to the questions asked. There is reason to believe that hair cells in the cochlea, in the vestibular system and in lateral line organs work according to the same basic principles, with the possible exception of synaptic transmission in mammalian vestibular Type I hair cells. Therefore the choice of preparation can be suited to the question asked and by the research methods that will be applied.
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Flock, Å. (1974). Neurobiology of Hair Cells and Their Synapses. In: Zwicker, E., Terhardt, E. (eds) Facts and Models in Hearing. Communication and Cybernetics, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65902-7_4
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