Stronger bilateral efferent influences on cochlear biomechanical activity in musicians than in non-musicians

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-170

  Perrot, Xavier ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Khalfa, Stéphanie ^a   Collet, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlear biomechanical activity; Contralateral suppression; Descending auditory pathways; Interaural efferent asymmetry; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Musicians; Otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSICIAN; NERVE PROJECTION; NOISE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033548634     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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