Spatial selectivity in a rotationally symmetric model of the electrically stimulated cochlea

Hearing Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 33-48

  Frijns, J H M ^a   De Snoo, S L ^a   Ten Kate, J H ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve fibre; Auditory prosthesis; Computational modelling; Electrical stimulation; Electrical volume conduction; Spatial selectivity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CAT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE;

EID: 0029950105     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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