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The situation in the utricle, saccule and cochlea is less clear as both BDNF and NT-3 are expressed [ 6 7 ] . In fact, it appears that the levels of NT-3 expression hardly differ from those in control littermates (Figs.
It is the mechanoreceptors' position in the cochlea that determines which sound frequency will maximally stimulate them [10,12].
The result is that, when the frequency of sound is high, it will produce a peak of vibration near the oval window (Figure 1A); if the frequency is low, the peak of vibration will be nearer the far (apical) end of the cochlea [10].
This structure is maintained on a higher processing level: fibers in the auditory cranial nerve send the information from the receptor cells to the brain in parallel, i.e., in a first approximation, each receptor cell has its own neuronal “cable” to the cochlear nuclei, and beyond, to the auditory cortex, where we find a complete topographical map of the audible frequency spectrum (Figure 1B), mirroring the mapping of frequencies in the cochlea [11,13,14].
This retention of afferents and efferents is unrelated to hair cell differentiation as not even immature hair cells can be detected at early postnatal stages with MyoVII immunocytochemistry in this part of the cochlea.
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