No easy target: Anatomic constraints of electrodes interfacing the human cochlear nucleus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rosahl, Steffen K ^a,b   Rosahl, Sybille ^b  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Hearing loss; Human anatomy; Implant; Neural prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THICKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANTS; CADAVER; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84874522353     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31826cde82     Document Type: Review

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