Nonlinear models of development, amplification and compression in the mammalian cochlea

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1954, 2011, Pages 4183-4204

  Szalai, R ^a   Tsaneva Atanasova, K ^a   Homer, M E ^a   Champneys, A R ^a   Kennedy, H J ^a   Cooper, N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Electromechanical transduction; Inner ear; Inner hair cell; Outer hair cell

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMALS;

CELL BODIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS; HAIR BUNDLES; INNER EAR; INNER HAIR CELLS; ION CHANNEL; LONGITUDINAL COUPLING; MAMMALIAN COCHLEA; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANOSENSORY HAIR; NEW RESULTS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR PROCESS; ORGAN OF CORTI; OUTER HAIR CELL; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STATE OF THE ART;

CELLS;

CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SCALA TYMPANI; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SCALA TYMPANI;

EID: 80955164809     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0192     Document Type: Review

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