Auditory Nerve Excitation via a Non-traveling Wave Mode of Basilar Membrane Motion

作者：Huang Stanley; Olson Elizabeth S^*

来源：Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2011, 12(5): 559-575.

DOI：10.1007/s10162-011-0272-5

• cochlea
• tuning curve
• frequency threshold curve
• characteristic frequency
• hair cell

Basilar membrane (BM) motion and auditory nerve fiber (ANF) tuning are generally very similar, but the ANF had appeared to be unresponsive to a plateau mode of BM motion that occurs at frequencies above an ANF's characteristic frequency (CF). We recorded ANF responses from the gerbil, concentrating on this supra-CF region. We observed a supra-CF plateau in ANF responses at high stimulus level, indicating that the plateau mode of BM motion can be excitatory.

• 出版日期2011-10