Do stereocilia play a role in other sensory systems besides hearing and balance?

The stereocilia are simpler, containing only an actin cytoskeleton. Each stereocilium tapers where it inserts into the apical membrane, forming a hinge ... Apr 16, 2025 ... Stereocilia perch atop sensory hair cells in the inner ear. Source: Yoshiyuki Kawashima. Most NIHL is caused by the damage and eventual death of ... Dec 4, 2021 ... The longer stereocilia that project from the outer hair cells actually attach to the tectorial membrane. All of the stereocilia are ... Aug 5, 2022 ... Within the inner ear is the cochlea, which is lined with tiny hair cells called stereocilia. The stereocilia's job is to convert incoming ... PKHD1L1 is a coat protein of hair-cell stereocilia and is required for normal hearing. Nature Comm. 10: 3801. 153. György, B., Nist-Lund, C., Pan, B., Asai ... Apr 13, 2017 ... Because the actin filaments in the stereocilia of hair borders still remain as compact bun- dles, albeit very disordered, there must be an addi-. Mar 11, 2019 ... The tip links are connected to stretch-activated cation channels on the tips of the stereocilia. When a sound wave vibrates the basilar membrane ... ... stereocilia. These stereocilia are grouped into hair bundles, and the stereocilia in each hair bundle work together to facilitate the conversion of physical ... Oct 4, 2006 ... The staircase-shaped stereocilia bundle of the inner ear sensory hair cells detect mechanical stimuli by the activation of mechanoelectrical ... Nov 7, 2011 ... The output of the cochlea is controlled by the bending of inner‐hair‐cell (IHC) stereocilia, but the mechanisms that produce this bending ...