Level-dependent auditory tuning transducer-based active processes in hearing and best-frequency shifts

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Nadrowski, Björn ^a   Göpfert, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory mechanics; Drosophila; Ear; Hair cell; Insect hearing; Mechanosensory transduction

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60849090516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.1.7299     Document Type: Article

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