A frequency-dependent saturation evident in rate-intensity functions of the chinchilla auditory nerve

Hearing Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Jackson, B Scott ^a   Relkin, Evan M ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Chinchilla; Dynamic range; Rate intensity function; Saturation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032408818     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00151-8     Document Type: Article

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