Modulation of Cochlear Afferent Response by the Lateral Olivocochlear System: Activation Via Electrical Stimulation of the Inferior Colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3178-3200

  Groff, J Alan ^a,c   Liberman, M Charles ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVOCOCHLEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0242509040     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00537.2003     Document Type: Article

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