Contrasting effects of centrifugal olivo-cochlear inhibition and of middle ear muscle contraction on the response characteristics of the cat's auditory nerve.
D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002415:Cats; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000294:innervation; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000294:innervation*; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009847:Olivary Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*