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The adequate stimulus for the vestibular sensory, cells is generally considered to be a shearing motion of the cupula and statoconial membranes on the surface of the sensory epithelium. The mechanical stimulus probably acts primarily on the hairs of the sensory cells. Secondarily, the energy is converted into action potentials in the sensory nerve fibres innervating the cells.
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Lindeman, H.H. (1969). Morphological Polarization of the Sensory Cells. In: Studies on the Morphology of the Sensory Regions of the Vestibular Apparatus. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 42/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-99960-4_6
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