Long-term suppression of the responses of auditory nerve fibers to a characteristic-frequency tone by a low-frequency suppressor

Hearing Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 141-150

  Cai, Yidao ^a,b   Geisler, C Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Efferent; Long term; Suppression; Two tone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; EFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030199987     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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