Sentences with phrase «set of hair cells»

Previous approaches were only marginally effective as they reached one set of hair cells in the inner ear, but another subset — equally critical for hearing — remained largely impenetrable.

Not exact matches

All adult cells contain an organism's entire set of genes, but they shut off all save those genes they need to function as hair, blood and so forth.

This set of cells is equivalent to the battery of the cochlea in that it provides hair cells with energy to transmit signals to the auditory nerve.

Folliculitis (inflammation in the cells that hold hair) and follicular nervous cell sensitivity can cause a dog to scratch, which obviously can cause bruising of the skin and then setting the stage for rashes to appear.