title: [Response properties of cochlear nucleus neurons: a digital model-based study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the mechanisms of different response patterns of the cochlear nucleus neurons based on a digital model.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on the platform of Matlab7.0 and the integrate-and-fire model, we constructed the temporal coding model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The model well simulated the response types of the primary-like, chopper, onset and buildup neurons by changing the settings of some parameters related to the properties of the neurons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The properties of the neurons dictate the response patterns of the cochlear nucleus neurons. The simulation results are consistent with the literature. Understanding of the response properties of the cochlear nucleus neurons can provide assistance in the study of the auditory system.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. xuyuejin87@126.com
authors.forename: Yue-jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ling-hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhong-ju
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D017626:Cochlear Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*