A phenomenological model of the synapse between the inner hair cell and auditory nerve: Long-term adaptation with power-law dynamics

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2390-2412

  Zilany, Muhammad S A ^a,b   Bruce, Ian C ^b   Nelson, Paul C ^c   Carney, Laurel H ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVITY; AUDITORY NERVES; AUDITORY-NERVE FIBERS; FORWARD-MASKING; INNER HAIR CELLS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARALLEL PATH; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; POWER-LAW; POWER-LAW COMPONENTS; RATE ADAPTATION; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME COURSE;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

DYNAMICS;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAIR CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POWER LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 70449413593     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3238250     Document Type: Article

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