title: Optical imaging of cat auditory cortical organization after electrical stimulation of a multichannel cochlear implant: differential effects of acute and chronic stimulation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effects of electrical stimulation on cortical activation patterns.
  
  
  METHODS
  Optical imaging of auditory cortex in cats that are acutely and chronically electrically stimulated with cochlear implants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chronic electrical stimulation results in expansion of cortical territory and overlap.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Effects of chronic electrical stimulation are comparable to use-dependent cortical plastic reorganization.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Neuroinformatik, Theoretische Biologie, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Dinse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cords
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Godde
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hilger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lenarz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology