Insect hearing: active amplification in tympanal ears

Curr Biol. 2013 Nov 4;23(21):R950-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.044.

Authors

Bart Geurten¹, Christian Spalthoff, Martin C Göpfert

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cellular Neurobiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany and DFG Priority Programme SPP 1608.

PMID: 24200319
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.044

Abstract

A new study identifies an active process that resembles the mammalian cochlear amplifier in the tympanal hearing organ of a tree cricket.

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Animals
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Ear, Middle / physiology*
Gryllidae / physiology*
Hearing / physiology*