Coding of sound intensity in the chick cochlear nerve

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2887-2898

  Saunders, James C ^a,d   Ventetuolo, Corey E ^a   Plontke, Stefan K R ^b   Weiss, Burton A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of the Arts in Philadelphia   (United States)

^d 5 Ravdin ORL ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHICKEN; COCHLEAR NERVE; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TUNING CURVE;

EID: 0036899358     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00381.2002     Document Type: Article

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