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electromotility

Definitions

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  • noun biology, physics motility (of hairs etc) caused by changes in electric charge

Etymologies

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electro- +‎ motility

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Examples

  • The amplification occurs through the process of electromotility --- the conversion of electrical signals into motion, in this case, changes in the length of the hair cells in response to certain frequencies of sound.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The amplification occurs through the process of electromotility --- the conversion of electrical signals into motion, in this case, changes in the length of the hair cells in response to certain frequencies of sound.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Actually, we found that the patch pipette in the bath solution near the OHC could not evoke the detectable changes in OHC electromotility and NLC (data not shown).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • The OHC frequency response was also dependent upon OHC membrane potential because OHC electromotility is dependent upon membrane potential as well.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • Department of Surgery - Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America Outer hair cell (OHC) or prestin-based electromotility is an active cochlear amplifier in the mammalian inner ear that can increase hearing sensitivity and frequency selectivity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • The effect of turgor pressure changes in the DC on OHC electromotility in a DC-OHC pair.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • OHCs in the mammalian cochlea have electromotility

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • The effect of gap junctional coupling between DCs on OHC electromotility.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • Change in gap junctional coupling between DCs also greatly alters the membrane potential and current in the DCs and influences OHC electromotility (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

  • Such current and voltage changes in the DCs can consequently regulate OHC electromotility via DC-OHC mechanical-coupling (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ning Yu et al. 2009

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