Cochlear-implant high pulse rate and narrow electrode configuration impair transmission of temporal information to the auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-107

  Middlebrooks, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEARING; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GUINEA PIGS; NEURONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 55249088734     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01114.2007     Document Type: Article

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