Reverse propagation of sound in the gerbil cochlea

Tianying Ren

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Abstract

It is commonly believed that the cochlea emits sounds through backward-traveling waves. In the present experiment using a scanning-laser interferometer, I detected forward-traveling but not backward-traveling waves and found that the stapes vibrates earlier than the basilar membrane. These results contradict the current theory and show that the ear emits sounds through the cochlear fluids as compression waves rather than along the basilar membrane as backward-traveling waves.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)333-334
Number of pages2
JournalNature Neuroscience
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2004

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Basilar Membrane
Gerbillinae
Cochlea
Stapes
Ear
Lasers

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Reverse propagation of sound in the gerbil cochlea. / Ren, Tianying.

In: Nature Neuroscience, Vol. 7, No. 4, 04.2004, p. 333-334.

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Ren, T 2004, 'Reverse propagation of sound in the gerbil cochlea', Nature Neuroscience, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 333-334. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1216
Ren T. Reverse propagation of sound in the gerbil cochlea. Nature Neuroscience. 2004 Apr;7(4):333-334. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1216
Ren, Tianying. / Reverse propagation of sound in the gerbil cochlea. In: Nature Neuroscience. 2004 ; Vol. 7, No. 4. pp. 333-334.
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