The cochlear place-frequency map of the adult and developing mongolian gerbil

Hearing Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 148-156

  Müller, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Cochlea; Development; Gerbil; Place frequency map

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342973225     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(95)00230-8     Document Type: Article

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