A new approach to the guinea pig auditory nerve.
A new approach to the guinea pig auditory nerve is presented. This approach, which has several advantages over previous methods, enables stable recordings from primary nerve fibers to be make. Entry to the auditory nerve is through the modiolus via scala tympani of the basal turn of the cochlea.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000601:surgery; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000502:physiology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*