Mechanoelectrical transduction assisted by Brownian motion: A role for noise in the auditory system

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 384-388

  Jaramillo, Fernán ^a   Wiesenfeld, Kurt ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FROG; HAIR CELL; MOTION; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAIR CELLS, INNER; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION; NOISE; RANA PIPIENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644690847     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/1597     Document Type: Article

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