title: Performance of the avian inner ear.
abstract: In spite of morphological similarities, the avian inner ear has apparently developed mechanisms of sound transduction that differ from the mammalian solution. This paper is a compilation of the present knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum der Physiologie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klinke
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Smolders
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology