Nonlinearity of mechanoelectrical transduction of outer hair cells as the source of nonlinear basilar-membrane motion and loudness recruitment

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-11

  Preyer, Serena ^a   Gummer, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Cochlea; Electromotility; Growth function; Loudness recruitment; Mechanoelectrical transduction; Outer hair cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEEDBACK; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HYPERACUSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029677725     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000259185     Document Type: Article

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