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Postnatal structural development of mammalian basilar membrane provides anatomical basis for the maturation of tonotopic maps and frequency tuning

Tani, Tomomi; Koike-Tani, Maki; Tran, Thi Mai; Shribak, Michael; Levic, Snezana (2021)

The basilar membrane (BM) of the mammalian cochlea constitutes a spiraling acellular ribbon that is intimately attached to the organ of Corti. Its graded stiffness, increasing from apex to the base of the cochlea, provides ...