Essays about: "Efferent System"

Found 2 essays containing the words Efferent System.

1. 1. Assessing auditory function in neonates using ipsilateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Logopedi, foniatri och audiologi

   Author : Lovisa Falkman Johnsson; [2012]
   Keywords : Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions; Ipsilateral suppression; Neonates; Newborn; Efferent System; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : The present study investigated suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) in neonates with an ipsilateral noise suppressor method using a forward masking paradigm. Participants were 26 full-term neonates (36-42 weeks gestational age) with a mean gestational age of 39.7 weeks (SD = 1.4 weeks) and mean chronological age of 1. READ MORE

3. 2. Molecular characterization of cholinergic vestibular and olivocochlear efferent neurons in the rodent brainstem.

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Sara Leijon; [2010]
   Keywords : Vestibular efferents; olivocochlear efferents; principal cells; GFP; ChAT; superior olivary complex; Kv4.3; transient outward current; A-type current;

   Abstract : The neural code from the inner ear to the brain is dynamically controlled by central nervous efferent feedback to the audio-vestibular epithelium. Although such efference provides the basis for a cognitive control of our hearing and balance, we know surprisingly little about this feedback system. READ MORE