Progress in cochlear physiology after Békésy

Hearing Research

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Guinan, John J ^a,b   Salt, Alec ^c   Cheatham, Mary Ann ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESTIN;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY; FORCE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STEREOCILIUM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; AUDIOLOGY; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PRESBYCUSIS; TECTORIAL MEMBRANE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84867100640     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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