An auditory fovea in the barn owl cochlea

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-36989
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.3698

Köppl, Christine ; Gleich, Otto ; Manley, Geoffrey A.

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Abstract

The distribution of frequencies along the basilar papilla of the barn owl (Tyto alba) was studied by labelling small groups of primary auditory neurones of defined frequency response and tracing them to their peripheral innervation sites. The exact location of marked neurones was determined in cochlear wholemounts with the aid of a special surface preparation technique. The average basilar ...