The concept that a source of mechanical energy exists in the cochlea appeared validated when in the late 70s it was discovered that sound is produced by the inner ear. These sounds can be measured by ...

Drastic climatic changes likely had profound impacts on the genetic and morphological variability of the Neanderthal lineage.

New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of ...

Our lab uses the inner ear as a model system to address fundamental questions in developmental biology and regeneration. The transformation of a simple piece of epithelium - the otic placode - into a ...

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As brain states changed, cochlear activity stayed the same, suggesting that the inner ear does not modulate hearing on a short-term basis. Next, the researchers genetically altered mice to disable ...