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Hair cells are the typical mechanoreceptors of sensory organs of the acoustico-lateralis system. They operate the conversion of natural stimuli, such as water flow, sound waves and linear and angular accelerations into a bioelectrical signal. Each hair cell is a multipurpose device whose apex acts as a transducer and whose basal pole is specialized for the secretion of the synaptic transmitter. These functions depend on the complement of ionic channels located in discrete areas of the cell.
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Prigioni, I., Russo, G., Marcotti, W. (1996). Potassium Currents of Hair Cells in Thin Slices of Vestibular Epithelium. In: Torre, V., Conti, F. (eds) Neurobiology. NATO ASI Series, vol 289. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5899-6_16
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