A mechanism for active hearing

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 498-503

  Ren, Tianying ^a,b   Gillespie, Peter G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; COCHLEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FORCE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; INTERFEROMETER; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEA; HEARING; HUMANS; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS;

EID: 34948879653     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.013     Document Type: Review

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