Auditory physiology and anatomy of octavolateral efferent neurons in a teleost fish

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-67

  Tomchik, Seth M ^a   Lu, Zhongmin ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hearing; Otolith; Physiology; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INNER EAR; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONS; EAR, INNER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PERCIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29544440284     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0050-0     Document Type: Article

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