A diminished rate of "physiological decay" at noise offset contributes to age-related changes in temporal acuity in the CBA mouse model of presbycusis

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 522-528

  Isona, James R ^a   Allen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; RIVERS;

NOISE OFFSET;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRESBYCUSIS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0038165882     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1577553     Document Type: Article

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