"Proceedings of a Wenner-Gren international symposium held in Stockholm in May, 1994"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Exploration of human auditory cortical functions - neuromagnetic approach, R. Hari et al; neural processing of target-distance information in the mustached bat, N. Suga et al; the olivocochlear feedback gain control subsystem - ascending input from the small cell cap of the cochlear nucleus?, D.O. Kim et al; afferent synaptic transmission from hair cells, H. Ohmori; synaptic transmission by auditory hair cells, F. Jaramillo; molecular mechanisms involving neurotransmitters after excitotoxicity at the inner hair cell-auditory nerve synapse, M. Eybalin et al; sensory and supporting cells in the organ of corti-cytoskeletal organization related to cellular function, N.A. Slepecky; hair cell ultrastructure and mechanotransduction - morphological effects of low extracellular calcium levels on stereociliary bundles in the turtle cochlea, C.M. Hackney and D.N. Furness; transducer currents and bundle movements in outer hair cells of neonatal mice, C.J. Kros et al; cloning of myosins from the saccular macula, C.F. Solc et al; monitoring cochlear homeostasis with automatic analysis of the low-frequency cochlear microphonic, R. Patuzzi; the biomechanics of outer hair cell motility, R. Hallworth; labyrinthine lateral walls - cochlear outer hair cell permeability and mechanics, W.E. Brownell et al; structure of the electromechanical transduction mechanism in mammalian outer hair cells, F. Kalinec and B. Kachar; Ca2+ signaling in Deiters cells of the guinea-pig cochlea - active process in supporting cells, D. Dulon; slow motility of outer hair cells, J. Schacht et al; purinergic modulation of outer hair cell electromotility, G.D. Housley et al; active mechanisms in the response of the auditory system to over- or understimulation, R.A. Altschuler et al; how are the inner hair cells stimulated mechanically?, S.M. Khanna et al; micromechanics of cellular structures in the mammalian cochlea - auditory and electrical stimulation, A.W. Gummer et al; basilar membrane motion and position changes induced by direct current stimulation, A.L. Nuttall et al; measurements of the basilar membrane resonance in the cochlea of the mustached bat, I.J. Russell and M. Kossl; mechanical activity in the apex of the cochlea, W.S. Rhode and N.P. Cooper; what is the mechanical stimulus for the inner hair cell? clues from auditory-nerve and basilar-membrane responses to low-frequency sounds, M.A. Ruggero; the pharmacology of the outer hair cell motor, J.F. Ashmore et al; cochlear plasticity - effects of sound overexposure on evoked otoacoustic emissions, B.L. Lonsbury-Martin et al; comparative aspects of interactive communication, P.M. Narins.