The cochlear nerve, also known as part of the vestibulocochlear or auditory nerve, is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, ...

Department of Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Hartmannstrasse 14, 91 054 Erlangen, Germany; christoph.becker{at}uk-erlangen.de Intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) are organised as a single ...