Auditory nerve fibre responses in the ferret

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2428-2439

  Sumner, Christian J ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Cochlea; Ferret; Hearing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; GUINEA PIG; HISTOGRAM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TUNING CURVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FERRETS; NERVE FIBERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865311972     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08151.x     Document Type: Article

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