Low-frequency suppression of auditory nerve responses to characteristic frequency tones

Hearing Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-56

  Temchin, Andrei N ^a   Rich, Nola C ^b   Ruggero, Mario A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Basilar membrane; Biasing; Chinchilla; Cochlea; Inner hair cells; Modulation; Rate suppression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; FEEDBACK; HAIR CELLS, INNER; NERVE FIBERS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030786210     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00129-9     Document Type: Article

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