Modeling auditory transducer dynamics

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 400-406

  Nadrowski, Björn ^a   Göpfert, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing; Mechanotransduction; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HEARING; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 70349680894     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283303443     Document Type: Review

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