Localization of the cochlear amplifier in living sensitive ears

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ren, Tianying ^a,b   He, Wenxuan ^a   Porsov, Edward ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GERBIL; HEARING ACUITY; NONHUMAN; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; COCHLEA; HEARING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION;

GERBILLINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; GERBILLINAE; HEARING; VIBRATION;

EID: 79956364607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020149     Document Type: Article

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