Michael Deans

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Abstract Psychological trauma has profound effects on brain function and precipitates psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals, however, the molecular mechanisms linking trauma with psychiatric risk remain incompletely understood.

Abstract The planar polarized organization of vestibular hair cells in the utricle and saccule is unique because these inner ear sensory organs contain two groups of hair cells with oppositely oriented stereociliary bundles that meet at a Line of Polarity Reversal (LPR). This organization allows the utricle or the saccule to detect motions directed in opposite directions, and is coordinated with patterns of neural innervation.