Pseudospontaneous activity: Stochastic independence of auditory nerve fibers with electrical stimulation

Hearing Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 108-118

  Rubinstein, J T ^a   Wilson, B S ^b   Finley, C C ^b   Abbas, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory nerve; Cochlear implant; Electrical stimulation; Simulation; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0032951715     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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