Vibration pattern of the organ of Corti up to 50 kHz: Evidence for resonant electromechanical force
AUTOR(ES)
Scherer, Marc P.
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Electromechanical force derived from the soma of the outer hair cell has long been postulated as the basis of the exquisite sensitivity of the cochlea. The problem with this postulate is that the electrical source and mechanical load for the electromechanical outer hair cell might be severely attenuated and phase-shifted by the electrical impedance of the cell and the mechanical impedance of the organ of Corti, respectively. Until now, it has not been possible to experimentally derive the high-frequency electrically induced force at the reticular lamina when the cells are embedded within the organ of Corti. In the study reported here, we succeeded in determining the frequency spectrum of the force up to 50 kHz. This was achieved by measuring both the electrically induced velocity and the mechanical impedance at different radial positions on the reticular lamina without tectorial membrane and with clamped basilar membrane. Velocity was measured with a laser interferometer and impedance, with a magnetically driven atomic force cantilever. The electromechanical force, normalized to the electric current density, exhibited a broad amplitude maximum at 7–20 kHz with a quality factor, Q3dB, of 0.6 - 0.8. The displacement response was independent of frequency up to 10–20 kHz. The force response compensates for the viscoelastic impedance of the organ of Corti, extending the amplitude response of the organ to high frequencies. It is proposed that the electrical phase response of the cell is compensated with Zwislocki's original mechanism of a parallel resonance in the tectorial membrane–stereocilia complex.
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