Mechanofysiologisch onderzoek aan de zijlijn van de pos

This thesis describes the results of a study on the lateral line of the ruff.
The lateral line organ is an organ, found in aquatic amphibians and fishes, used to detect water motions. The elementary detection units are neurornasts: groups of hair cells (depending on the species and the location of the neuromast from about ten to about ten thousand) and supporting
cells, covered by a translucent structure, the so-called cupula. The mechanotransduction - the conversion of a mechanical signal into an electrical one - takes place in the hair cells. Tilting of the "hairs" (cilia), caused by
cupular motion, results in a change of the spike rate in the afferent nerve fibre, which has a synapse at the basal end of the hair cell. The cupula couples the surrounding fluid to the hair bundles. (zie Summary)

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