The descending volley evoked by electrical and magnetic transcranial stimulation was recorded with spinal electrodes in 3 subjects undergoing spinal surgery. The descending volley evoked by electrical stimulation, as previously described, was composed by a short-latency initial wave followed by later waves. In two subjects magnetic stimulation evoked an initial wave of slightly longer latency (0.2-0.3 ms), smaller amplitude and higher threshold than the initial wave evoked by electrical stimulation. In these two subjects, magnetic stimuli probably activated the pyramidal axons directly. In the third subject the initial wave evoked by magnetic stimulation had a latency of 1.4 ms longer and a considerably smaller amplitude than that evoked by electrical stimulation. In this case magnetic stimulation may activate the pyramidal axons indirectly.
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Hear Res
January 2025
Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Material And Methods: A prospective cohort of 52 children (aged 1-4 years) with cochlear malformations who underwent CI between 2016 and 2024 was analyzed.
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA; Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL, USA; Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Applied Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Applied Health, and Recreation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74075, USA.
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Department of Neuroscience, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan; Faculty of Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. Electronic address:
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