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In the last few years there have been a number of new descriptions of the physiological properties of the efferent systems projecting to the mammalian auditory receptor organ (Robertson, 1984; Robertson and Gummer, 1985; Liberman and Brown, 1986). Without detracting in any way from the efforts of earlier investigators, it is fair to say that these recent studies have benefited from a number of advances since the early landmark recordings of single efferent fibre activity (Fex, 1962; Rupert et al., 1968).
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Robertson, D., Gummer, M. (1988). Physiology of Cochlear Efferents in the Mammal. In: Syka, J., Masterton, R.B. (eds) Auditory Pathway. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1300-7_39
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