On generation of statoconia in gravireceptors of mollusks.

Two models of development of statoconia in the statocyst of mollusks, based on the experimental data [Hearing Res. 49 (1990) 63; Hearing Res. 109 (1997) 125; Hearing Res.

Models of the mechanical sensitivity and growth of otoliths in fish.

It has been suggested that, in the fish, the change of otolith mass during development under altered gravity conditions and the growth of otoliths in normal conditions, are determined by feedback between otolith dynamics and the processes that regulate otolith growth. The hypothesis originates from an oscillator model of the otolith in which otolith mass is one of the parameters. However, the validity of this hypothesis is not obvious and has not been experimentally verified.

Qualitative model of otolith-ocular asymmetry in vertical eccentric rotation experiments.

Today, investigation of the vestibulo-ocular reactions is a mainstream method of studying the vestibular asymmetry. Analysis of experimental data requires a model of otolith-ocular interaction. The proposed model is based on the literary data concerning measurements of ocular counter-rotation (OCR) and luminous line rotation (LLR) in experiments with eccentric rotation carried out by Wetzig et al.

Models of otolithic membrane-hair cell bundle interaction.

Transformation of the mechanical input in the chain: acceleration of otolithic membrane (OM)-displacement of the OM gel layer-deflection of hair cell bundle (HCB)-formation of the temporal pattern of polarization was studied using simplified analytical models of these stages of conversion of mechanical stimulus into the HCB electrical response. The dynamic behavior of an OM was modeled by a homogeneous viscoelastic (Kelvin-Voight body) model of the OM. Two alternative models of an 'HCB-surrounding gel' interaction corresponding to different types of the HCB were considered: (1) a model of stereocilia tip-link deformation in the case when the HCBs passively follow the gel deformation and (2) a model in which the tip-link dynamics is determined by an 'HCB-viscous fluid' interaction.