Title :
Motion Simulation of Inner Hair Cell Stereocilia
Author :
Lin Yang ; Tian-Yu Zhang ; Chen, Jim X. ; Pei-Dong Dai ; Wei Quan ; Ke-Qiang Wang ; Zheng-Min Wang
Abstract :
To investigate the interaction between stereocilia and the links of inner hair cells during the motion of the organ of Corti and local stress distribution, two 3D finite-element models were built. Static and dynamic simulation results showed that the top of stereocilia at the intermediate row might be a key location for activating gated ion channels.
Keywords :
biology computing; biomechanics; biomembrane transport; ear; finite element analysis; solid modelling; 3D finite element model; dynamic simulation; gated ion channel activation; inner hair cell stereocilia; local stress distribution; motion simulation; organ of Corti; static simulation; Biological tissues; Computational modeling; Finite element methods; Hair; Logic gates; Medical simulation; Scientific computing; Solid modeling; finite-element analysis; inner hair cells; lateral link; scientific computing; stereocilia; tip link;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2013.31
