Selective electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve activates a pathway specialized for high temporal acuity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1937-1946

  Middlebrooks, John C ^a,b   Snyder, Russell L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CAT; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING; HEARING AID; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURONS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 76149084187     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4949-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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