Auditory mechanics of the tectorial membrane and the cochlear spiral

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-387

  Gavara, Núria ^a   Manoussaki, Daphne ^b   Chadwick, Richard S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

cochlear mechanics; cochlear spiral; tectorial membrane

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TECTORIN; BETA TECTORIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 11; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; GLYCOPROTEIN; OTOGELIN; PROTEIN; STEREOCILIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANISOTROPY; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; COCHLEA DUCT; DYNAMICS; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER HAIR CELL; MACROSCALE DYNAMICS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTER HAIR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPIRAL LIGAMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING; HUMANS; TECTORIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 80052784392     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32834a5bc9     Document Type: Review

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