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SUBMITTER: Hernandez VH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3934189 | biostudies-other | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hernandez Victor H VH Gehrt Anna A Reuter Kirsten K Jing Zhizi Z Jeschke Marcus M Mendoza Schulz Alejandro A Hoch Gerhard G Bartels Matthias M Vogt Gerhard G Garnham Carolyn W CW Yawo Hiromu H Fukazawa Yugo Y Augustine George J GJ Bamberg Ernst E Kügler Sebastian S Salditt Tim T de Hoz Livia L Strenzke Nicola N Moser Tobias T
The Journal of clinical investigation 20140210 3
Auditory prostheses can partially restore speech comprehension when hearing fails. Sound coding with current prostheses is based on electrical stimulation of auditory neurons and has limited frequency resolution due to broad current spread within the cochlea. In contrast, optical stimulation can be spatially confined, which may improve frequency resolution. Here, we used animal models to characterize optogenetic stimulation, which is the optical stimulation of neurons genetically engineered to e ...[more]