Inner ear has a need for speed - EurekAlert

Inner ear has a need for speed - EurekAlert
Scientists and engineers at Rice University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain.
image: An illustration and microscopic images show the relationship between motion-sensing vestibular hair cells (blue) of the innermost ear and the cup-shaped calyx (green) structures of adjoining n… [+14039 chars] Read More



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