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cochlear nucleus

[′kok·lē·ər ′nük·lē·əs]
(neuroscience)
One of the two nuclear masses in which the fibers of the cochlear nerve terminate; located ventrad and dorsad to the inferior cerebellar peduncle.
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With this purpose, we first investigated how ERG channels affected cell excitability in octopus cells characterized in the ventral cochlear nucleus using the Current Clamp technique.
Frisina, "The effects of early bilateral deafening on calretinin expression in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of aged CBA/CaJ mice," Hearing Research, vol.
Stimulus coding in the auditory nerve and cochlear nucleus. Acta Otolaryngol.
The ESPrit 3G delivers on Cochlear's lifetime commitment to its patients by offering Cochlear Nucleus 22 implant recipients access to the benefits of the latest behind-the-ear technology, such as a built-in telecoil, a Whisper setting, and access to wireless FM technology.
After his freshman year in college, we did a brain stem implant, putting an electrode pad on the cochlear nucleus on the brain stem.
For example, cochlear nucleus magnocellularis and nucleus angularis receive inputs from the cochlear nerve but process information on time and intensity, respectively, through parallel pathways (2).
As little as two days later, the researchersdiscovered "dramatic cell loss' in the cochlear nucleus of the brainstem, Rubel reports.
United States multicenter clinical trial of the cochlear nucleus hybrid implant system.
For example, the stimulating electrode used by Brown was inserted into the cochlear nucleus, yet the electrode used by Robertson was set on the auditory nerve [25].
A study in CI users with a MED-EL device on one side and a cochlear nucleus on the other found no significant difference in music enjoyment when either device type was used exclusively [6].
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