Basic response characteristics of auditory nerve fibers in the grassfrog (Rana temporaria)

Hearing Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-163

  Christensen Dalsgaard, Jakob ^a   Jørgensen, Morten Buhl ^a   Kanneworff, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Free field sound; Frog; Hearing; Post excitatory suppression; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FROG; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; NERVE FIBERS; RANA TEMPORARIA; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032080752     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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