Behavioral measures of vowel sensitivity in mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus): Effects of age and genetic origin

Hearing Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 235-246

  Sinnott, Joan M ^a   Street, Stacy L ^a   Mosteller, Kelly W ^a   Williamson, Trina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gerbil; Hearing loss; Vowels

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERBIL; HEARING LOSS; HETEROSIS; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; VOWEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS; HEARING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHONETICS; PRESBYCUSIS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030801364     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00125-1     Document Type: Article

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