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On the dependence on metabolism of the cochlear potentials in Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

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Investigation of the cochlear potentials in a reptile shows that the microphonics contain 2 components as previously observed in birds. The potentials depend to varying degrees and in a similar way as in birds on metabolism; the time course is expanded by a factor of 20.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Zoologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Deutschland

    G. Kauffmann & J. Schwartzkopff

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Kauffmann, G., Schwartzkopff, J. On the dependence on metabolism of the cochlear potentials in Caiman (Caiman crocodilus). Z. vergl. Physiologie 75, 105–107 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335140

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