What drives mechanical amplification in the mammalian cochlea?

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-57

  Withnell, Robert H ^a   Shaffer, Lauren A ^a   Lilly, David J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; COCHLEA; EVOLUTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; HEARING; INNER EAR; MAMMAL CELL; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036177479     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200202000-00004     Document Type: Article

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