Guinea pigs show post-natal stability in frequency mapping at the basal turn.
Others have shown that in animals born with immature cochleae the basal turn undergoes changes in function during the early days of postnatal life. We examined whether similar changes could be detected in the guinea pig, an animal born with a functionally mature cochlea. Our results indicate that no changes occur in the function of the basal turn of the guinea pig cochlea immediately after birth.
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Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory of the South, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Biocommunication, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112-2234.
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003051:Cochlea / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D003055:Cochlear Microphonic Potentials; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D012533:Scala Tympani / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology