Stronger bilateral efferent influences on cochlear biomechanical activity in musicians than in non-musicians - Perrot, Xavier; Micheyl, Christophe; Khalfa, Stéphanie; Lionel Collet (Neuroscience letters, 1999)
Keywords: Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cochlea - innervation; Cochlea - physiology; Cochlear biomechanical activity; Contralateral suppression; Descending auditory pathways; Ear and associated structures. Auditory pathways and centers. Hearing. Vocal organ. Phonation. Sound production. Echolocation; Efferent Pathways - physiology; Evoked Potentials, Auditory; Female; Functional Laterality; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Interaural efferent asymmetry; Male; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Music; Musicians; Olivary Nucleus - physiology; Otoacoustic emissions; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Interaural efferent asymmetry; Contralateral suppression; Descending auditory pathways; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Otoacoustic emissions; Musicians; Cochlear biomechanical activity; Biomechanics; Human; Otoacoustic emission; Musician; Cochlea; Auditory pathway; Olivocochlear bundle; Inner ear; Organ of hearing