Effects of location and timing of co-activated neurons in the auditory midbrain on cortical activity: Implications for a new central auditory prosthesis

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Straka, Małgorzata M ^a   McMahon, Melissa ^a   Markovitz, Craig D ^a   Lim, Hubert H ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory cortex; deep brain stimulation; enhancement; inferior colliculus; neural implant; temporal integration

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SURGERY;

AUDITORY CORTEX; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURAL IMPLANTS; TEMPORAL INTEGRATION;

PROSTHETICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HARTLEY GUINEA PIG; HEARING; HEARING AID; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROMANIPULATOR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ANIMAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84904689918     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/4/046021     Document Type: Article

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