Medial efferent inhibition produces the largest equivalent attenuations at moderate to high sound levels in cat auditory-nerve fibers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1680-1690

  Guinan Jr , John J ^a,b,c,d   Stankovic, Konstantina M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0029837938     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416066     Document Type: Article

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