Abstract

The hair cells of the auditory and balance systems of the inner ear have precise structures and orientations related to function. Hair cells differentiate from a homogenous cell population with the initiation of afferent synaptogenesis and appearance of the apical hair bundle being the first definitive structural sign of hair cell development. The cytoskeletal network then develops and the intercellular membrane junctions become more complex. As auditory function is established in mammalian cochlear hair cells, the lateral membrane acquires certain specializations. Accompanying this there is a change from afferent to efferent innervation of outer hair cells.

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