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Unraveling the mystery of hearing in gerbil and other rodents with an arch-beam model of the basilar membrane

The mammalian basilar membrane (BM) consists of two collagen-fiber layers responsible for the frequency-to-place tonotopic mapping in the cochlea, which together form a flat beam over at least part of the BM width. The mechanics of hearing in rodents such as gerbil pose a challenge to our understand...

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Autores principales: Kapuria, Santosh, Steele, Charles R., Puria, Sunil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5427805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00114-x

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