Measurements of the stiffness map challenge a basic tenet of cochlear theories

Hearing Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 124-131

  Naidu, Ram C ^a,b   Mountain, David C ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Frequency map; Gerbil; Partition stiffness; Stiffness gradient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEA; GERBIL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; THEORY;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; ELASTICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HAIR CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031760060     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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