Unmasking effects of olivocochlear efferent activation on responses of inferior colliculus neurons

Hearing Research

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-46

  Seluakumaran, Kumar ^a   Mulders, Wilhelmina H A M ^a   Robertson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory midbrain; Descending control; Guinea pig; Masking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR SYSTEM; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NOISE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 49749093769     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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