Encoding intensity in ventral cochlear nucleus following acoustic trauma: Implications for loudness recruitment

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-22

  Cai, Shanqing ^a,b   Ma, Wei Li D ^a   Young, Eric D ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic trauma; Auditory nerve; Bushy cell; Hyperacusis; Loudness recruitment; Neural encoding; Neuroplasticity; Primary like units; Rate level function; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sound intensity; Sound level; Stellate cell; Ventral cochlear nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE CELL; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CATS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HYPERACUSIS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 67349231958     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-008-0142-y     Document Type: Article

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