SHANK2 establishes auditory hair bundle architecture essential for mammalian hearing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, number 28, July 2025.
Significant meanings have evolved distinct beam geometries in their auditory sensory cells: linear beams in internal hair cells (IHC) for sound and V -shaped amplification in external hair cells (OHC) for sound amplification. Here we identify Shank2 as …