Tectorial Membrane Traveling Waves Underlie Sharp Auditory Tuning in Humans
Our ability to understand speech requires neural tuning with high frequency resolution, but the peripheral mechanisms underlying sharp tuning in humans remain unclear. Sharp tuning in genetically modified mice has been attributed to decreases in spread of excitation of tectorial membrane traveling w...
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| Language: | en_US |
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Elsevier
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111590 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3369-5067 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-1333 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-0910 |
| Summary: | Our ability to understand speech requires neural tuning with high frequency resolution, but the peripheral mechanisms underlying sharp tuning in humans remain unclear. Sharp tuning in genetically modified mice has been attributed to decreases in spread of excitation of tectorial membrane traveling waves. Here we show that the spread of excitation of tectorial membrane waves is similar in humans and mice, although the mechanical excitation spans fewer frequencies in humans—suggesting a possible mechanism for sharper tuning. |
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