"Organ of Corti" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The spiral EPITHELIUM containing sensory AUDITORY HAIR CELLS and supporting cells in the cochlea. Organ of Corti, situated on the BASILAR MEMBRANE and overlaid by a gelatinous TECTORIAL MEMBRANE, converts sound-induced mechanical waves to neural impulses to the brain.
| Descriptor ID |
D009925
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.631.246.577
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| Concept/Terms |
Organ of Corti- Organ of Corti
- Corti Organ
- Spiral Organ
- Organ, Spiral
- Organs, Spiral
- Spiral Organs
- Corti's Organ
- Cortis Organ
- Organ, Corti's
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Organ of Corti" by people in Profiles.
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Fine-tuning of Notch signaling sets the boundary of the organ of Corti and establishes sensory cell fates. Elife. 2016 12 14; 5.
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Maturation of NaV and KV Channel Topographies in the Auditory Nerve Spike Initiator before and after Developmental Onset of Hearing Function. J Neurosci. 2016 Feb 17; 36(7):2111-8.
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The role of transmembrane channel-like proteins in the operation of hair cell mechanotransducer channels. J Gen Physiol. 2013 Nov; 142(5):493-505.
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Functional prestin transduction of immature outer hair cells from normal and prestin-null mice. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2008 Sep; 9(3):307-20.
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Presbycusis: a human temporal bone study of individuals with downward sloping audiometric patterns of hearing loss and review of the literature. Laryngoscope. 2006 Sep; 116(9 Pt 3 Suppl 112):1-12.
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Mutations in the gene encoding KIAA1199 protein, an inner-ear protein expressed in Deiters' cells and the fibrocytes, as the cause of nonsyndromic hearing loss. J Hum Genet. 2003; 48(11):564-70.
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Presbycusis: a human temporal bone study of individuals with flat audiometric patterns of hearing loss using a new method to quantify stria vascularis volume. Laryngoscope. 2003 Oct; 113(10):1672-86.
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Aplasia of the cochlear nerve: a temporal bone study. Otol Neurotol. 2001 Nov; 22(6):790-5.
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The mouse slalom mutant demonstrates a role for Jagged1 in neuroepithelial patterning in the organ of Corti. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Mar 01; 10(5):507-12.
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Strial dysfunction in a melanocyte deficient mutant rat (Ws/Ws rat). Acta Otolaryngol. 1994 Mar; 114(2):177-81.