This model simulates the membrane potential of an inner hair cell for a sinusoidal stimulus to the hair bundle. It uses a 2-state Boltzmann model for the tension-gated conductance in the stereocilia and a linear model for the basolateral membrane. This model is based on the IHC model used in Mountain and Cody (1999).

Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell

Cell Type(s): Cochlea hair outer GLU cell

Model Concept(s): Temporal Pattern Generation

Simulation Environment: MATLAB

Implementer(s): Mountain, David [dcm at bu.edu]

References:

Mountain DC, Cody AR. (1999). Multiple modes of inner hair cell stimulation. Hearing research. 132 [PubMed]