Auditory brainstem responses to airborne sounds in the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis: Correlation with middle ear characteristics

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

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-387

  Katbamna, Bharti ^a   Brown, John A ^a   Collard, Melissa ^a   Ide, Charles F ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Airborne sounds; Hearing; Middle ear; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR, MIDDLE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUND; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33644863161     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0076-3     Document Type: Article

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