Mammalian vestibular hair cell regeneration

Mammalian vestibular hair cell regeneration.

Hair cell regeneration in the avian vestibular epithelium.

Research conducted in the past 4 years has shown that the avian vestibular system retains the capacity to generate hair cells postnatally. In the present paper we review information on postnatal proliferation and differentiation of hair cells in the avian vestibular system. In addition, we present preliminary accounts of recent experiments regarding regeneration of vestibular hair cells followi...

Mammalian Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration and Ribbon Synapse Reformation

Hair cells (HCs) are the sensory preceptor cells in the inner ear, which play an important role in hearing and balance. The HCs of organ of Corti are susceptible to noise, ototoxic drugs, and infections, thus resulting in permanent hearing loss. Recent approaches of HCs regeneration provide new directions for finding the treatment of sensor neural deafness. To have normal hearing function, the ...

Feathers and fins: non-mammalian models for hair cell regeneration.

Death of mechanosensory cells in the inner ear results in two profound disabilities: hearing loss and balance disorders. Although mammals lack the capacity to regenerate hair cells, recent studies in mice and other rodents have offered valuable insight into strategies for stimulating hair cell regeneration in mammals. Investigations of model organisms that retain the ability to form new hair ce...

Regeneration and mammalian auditory hair cells.