High-frequency sensitivity of the mature gerbil cochlea and its development

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Overstreet III, Edward H ^a   Richter, Claus Peter ^a   Temchin, Andrei N ^a   Cheatham, Mary Ann ^a   Ruggero, Mario A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Cochlea; Development; Gerbil; Middle ear; Stapes

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; LASER; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GERBILLINAE; STAPES;

EID: 0037236303     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067892     Document Type: Article

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