Separate mechanical processes underlie fast and slow effects of medial olivocochlear efferent activity

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 548, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 307-312

  Cooper, N P ^a   Guinan Jr , J J ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIBRATION; ARTICLE; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR EFFERENT SYSTEM; OUTER HAIR CELL; SCALA TYMPANI; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; NEURONS, EFFERENT; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037385011     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.039081     Document Type: Review

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