Auditory Brainstem Circuits That Mediate the Middle Ear Muscle Reflex

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-191

  Mukerji, Sudeep ^a   Windsor, Alanna Marie ^a   Lee, Daniel J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic reflex; auditory prosthetic devices; middle ear muscle; middle ear ossicles; pseudo rabies virus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; MIDDLE EAR; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENSOR TYMPANI MUSCLE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STAPEDIUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENSOR TYMPANI;

EID: 78649656591     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713810381771     Document Type: Article

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