Figure 6.
Single MET channels in mouse hair cells. A. Apical outer hair cell: four representative single channel records for 150 nm hair bundle displacement steps; middle, ensemble average of 10 responses; bottom amplitude histograms giving mean single-channel current of 6.2 pA. B. Basal outer hair cell: four representative single channel records for 150 nm hair bundle stimuli; middle, ensemble average of 10 responses; bottom, amplitude histograms giving mean single-channel current of 12 pA. C. Single-channel current and conductance (mean ± 1 SD) as a function of position in the cochlea, expressed as relative distance from the apical end. Total length of cochlea is 6 mm. All measurements made at room temperature and −84 mV holding potential. Modified from (23)