Morphometric classification and spatial organization of spiral ganglion neurons in the human cochlea: Consequences for single fiber response to electrical stimulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-135

  Potrusil, T ^a,b   Wenger, C ^b   Glueckert, R ^a   Schrott Fischer, A ^a   Rattay, F ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Hierarchical clustering; Microstimulation; Morphometric classification; Spatial organization; Spiral ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPIKE WAVE; SPIRAL GANGLION; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; COCHLEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 84861831735     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.03.033     Document Type: Article

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