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The biological role of the medial olivocochlear efferents in hearing: separating evolved function from exaptation

Cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) are remarkable, mechanically-active receptors that determine the exquisite sensitivity and frequency selectivity characteristic of the mammalian auditory system. While there are three to four times as many OHCs compared with inner hair cells, OHCs lack a significant...

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Autores principales: Smith, David W., Keil, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25762901
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00012