Development of cochlear active mechanisms in humans differs between gender

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Morlet, Thierry ^a   Perrin, Emmanuel ^a   Durrant, John D ^a,b   Lapillonne, Alexandre ^c   Ferber, Chantal ^d   Duclaux, Roland ^d   Putet, Guy ^d   Collet, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

cochlear active mechanisms; functional development; gender; humans; otoacoustic emissions; outer hair cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COCHLEA; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030572959     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13226-2     Document Type: Article

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