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Hair cells are sensory receptors for the auditory and vestibular systems in the ears of all vertebrates and in the lateral organs of fish. By mechanical transduction, hair cells can detect movement in their surroundings.
Confocal laser-scanning microscopy was used to observe cytosolic Ca2+, organelles and cytoskeleton in the cochlear outer hair cell. The characteristic distribution of the subsurface cistern was observed in coincidence of the infracuticular network of F-actin and membrane-bound calcium, suggesting the source of Ca2+ for the actin-mediated process.