Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and electrical stimulation on survival and function of cochlear spiral ganglion neurons in deafened, developing cats

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-211

  Leake, Patricia A ^a   Stakhovskaya, Olga ^a,b   Hetherington, Alexander ^a   Rebscher, Stephen J ^a   Bonham, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory deprivation; auditory nerve; BDNF; cochlear implant; cochlear spiral ganglion; electrical stimulation; neonatal deafness; neurotrophins; primary afferents

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; CAT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SCALA TYMPANI; SPIRAL GANGLION; SPIRAL LAMINA;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATS; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURONS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 84879601537     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-013-0372-5     Document Type: Article

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