Cochlear mechanisms of frequency and intensity coding. II. Dynamic range and the code for loudness

Hearing Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 170-181

  Chatterjee, Monita ^a   Zwislocki, Jozef J ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Dynamic range; Hair cell; Loudness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; GERBIL; HAIR CELL; LOUDNESS; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031789402     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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