Synaptic plasticity in the medial superior olive of hearing, deaf, and cochlear-implanted cats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2202-2217

  Tirko, Natasha N ^a   Ryugo, David K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant stimulation; Congenital deafness; Synaptic excitation and inhibition; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84859726673     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23038     Document Type: Article

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