Single-unit labeling of medial olivocochlear neurons: The cochlear frequency map for efferent axons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2177-2186

  Brown, M Christian ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic protection; Cochlear amplifier; Descending system; Masking; Outer hair cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; BRAIN MAPPING; COCHLEAR NERVE; CORTI ORGAN; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; HEARING; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR NEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS, EFFERENT; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PITCH PERCEPTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84901698384     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00045.2014     Document Type: Article

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