ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR THE VESTIBULAR NERVE

这个子项目是许多利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 本项目的目标是在接近人类目标人群的动物模型中开发和测试完全植入式前庭假体，以用于康复假体。我们选择了10只训练有素的青少年恒河猴Macca Mulatta，因为这个物种在解剖学，生理学和行为方面与人类非常相似。 此外，我们对灵长类动物的前庭系统了解很多，可以有效地应用于我们研究的设计和执行。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The objective of this project is to develop and test a fully implantable vestibular prosthesis in an animal model that is close to the human target population for a rehabilitative prosthesis. We have chosen to work with 10 highly trained adolescent Rhesus monkeys, Macca Mulatta, because of the close similarity of this species to humans in terms of anatomy, physiology and behavior. In addition, much is known about the vestibular system in primates that can be applied productively to the design and execution of our study.