... viscoelastic properties are tuned by activation, and which produces forces in response to deformations of length associated with time-varying loads. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. 29 6...

...Tobias Riede SUMMARY Fundamental frequency is an important perceptual parameter for acoustic communication in mammals. It is determined by vocal fold oscillation, which depends on the morphology and viscoelastic properties of the oscillating tissue. In this study, I tested if stress–strain...

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