A New Hypothesis on the Frequency Discrimination of the Cochlea

BULUT E., UZUN C., ÖZTÜRK L., Turan P., Kanter M., Arbak S.

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.204-210, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/iao.2017.2027
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.204-210
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Efferent pathways, cochlear outer hair cells, otoacoustic emissions, spontaneous, basilar membrane, microscopy, electron, scanning, OUTER HAIR CELL, PRESTIN, AMPLIFICATION, FLOW
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

OBJECTIVE: Medial olivocochlear efferent (MOCE) neurons innervate outer hair cells (OHCs) of the cochlea, which in turn leads to basilar membrane motion. We hypothesized that MOCE-induced alterations in basilar membrane motion, independent of traveling waves, is responsible for the cochlear frequency discrimination of sound.