The vertebrate ear as an exquisite seismic sensor

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 1384-1387

  Narins, Peter M ^a   Lewis, Edwin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; AUDITION - MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEISMIC SENSOR; SINGLE VIBRATION-SENSITIVE FIBERS; STIMULUS-EVOKED MODULATIONS; SUBSTRATE-BORNE VIBRATIONS; VERTEBRATE EAR;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY SYSTEM; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY; VIBRATION;

ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RANIDAE; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0021531717     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.391455     Document Type: Article

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