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Neurotrophin Gene Therapy for Sustained Neural Preservation after Deafness

The cochlear implant provides auditory cues to profoundly deaf patients by electrically stimulating the residual spiral ganglion neurons. These neurons, however, undergo progressive degeneration after hearing loss, marked initially by peripheral fibre retraction and ultimately culminating in cell de...

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Autores principales: Atkinson, Patrick J., Wise, Andrew K., Flynn, Brianna O., Nayagam, Bryony A., Hume, Clifford R., O’Leary, Stephen J., Shepherd, Robert K., Richardson, Rachael T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23284995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052338