Outer hair cells provide active tuning in the organ of corti

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Ulfendahl, Mats ^a   Flock, Åke ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 22044455224     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.3.107     Document Type: Article

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