Cochlear implant use following neonatal deafness influences the cochleotopic organization of the primary auditory cortex in cats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-114

  Fallon, James B ^a,b   Irvine, Dexter R F ^a   Shepherd, Robert K ^a,b  

^a BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Electrical stimulation; Neural prosthesis; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COCHLEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 58249087952     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21886     Document Type: Article

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