Single unit activity in the inferior colliculus of the rat elicited by electrical stimulation of the cochlea

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 202-227

  Vischer, M W ^a   Bajo, V M ^b   Zhang, J S ^c   Calciati, E ^c   Haenggeli, C A ^c   Rouiller, E M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electrical stimulation; Electrophysiology; Inferior colliculus; Noise; Pure tones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 0030746864     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099709071974     Document Type: Article

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