title: Insect hearing: active amplification in tympanal ears.
abstract: A new study identifies an active process that resembles the mammalian cochlear amplifier in the tympanal hearing organ of a tree cricket.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Neurobiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany and DFG Priority Programme SPP 1608.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geurten
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spalthoff
authors.forename: Martin C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Göpfert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000502:physiology*; D006135:Gryllidae / Q000502:physiology*; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*