Mass distribution and rotational inertia of " microtype" and " freely mobile" middle ear ossicles in rodents

Hearing Research

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 97-107

  Lavender, Danielle ^a   Taraskin, Sergei N ^a   Mason, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; EAR OSSICLES; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; ROTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 82755189292     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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