Publication Date:
1983-11-04
Description:
Alternating current delivered into the scala media of the gerbil cochlea modulates the amplitude of a test tone measured near the eardrum. Variations in the electromechanical effect with acoustic stimulus parameters and observed physiological vulnerability suggest that cochlear hair cells are the biophysical origin of the process. Cochlear hair cells have traditionally been thought of as passive receptor cells, but they may play an active role in cochlear micromechanics.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hubbard, A E -- Mountain, D C -- NS16589/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Nov 4;222(4623):510-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6623090" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acoustic Stimulation
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Animals
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Cochlea/*physiology
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Cochlear Duct/*physiology
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Ear, Middle/*physiology
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Electric Stimulation
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Gerbillinae
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Pressure
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Sound
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
