Basilar membrane tuning properties in the specialised cochlea of the CF-bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

• Published in: Hearing research Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 15 - 35
• Main Authors: Wilson, J.P., Bruns, V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.1983
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Animals; basilar membrane; Basilar Membrane - physiology; bat; Biomechanical Phenomena; Chiroptera - physiology; cochlea; Cochlea - physiology; Cochlear Duct - physiology; Ear, Inner - physiology; Echolocation; Rhinolophus ferrumequinum; transition; tuning; Vibration; cochlea; tuning; bat; basilar membrane; transition

The greater horseshoe bat has greatly expanded frequency mapping, and morphological specialisations, in the first half turn of its cochlea and a sudden transition to normal mapping. Amplitude and phase of vibration have been measured on various structures in the expanded and normal regions and have...