Phase-locked responses to tones of chinchilla auditory nerve fibers: Implications for apical cochlear mechanics

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-318

  Temchin, Andrei N ^a   Ruggero, Mario A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane; Cochlear apex; Phase frequency functions; Rate frequency functions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE FIBERS; NOISE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 77954758864     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-009-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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