Impact of morphometry, myelinization and synaptic current strength on spike conduction in human and cat spiral ganglion neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Rattay, Frank ^a   Potrusil, Thomas ^a,b   Wenger, Cornelia ^c   Wise, Andrew K ^d   Glueckert, Rudolf ^b,e   Schrott Fischer, Anneliese ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d Bionics Institute   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CAT; CELL ENERGY; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE CONDUCTION; SPIRAL GANGLION NEURON; SYNAPTIC CURRENT STRENGTH; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84892614285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079256     Document Type: Article

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