The role of organ of corti mass in passive cochlear tuning

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3434-3450

  De La Rochefoucauld, Ombeline ^a   Olson, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; DISPERSION; ENERGY; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; TUNING CURVE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 36549041568     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109744     Document Type: Article

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