Robert K. Shepherd

Effects of deafness and cochlear implant use on temporal response characteristics in cat primary auditory cortex.

Chronic placental insufficiency has long-term effects on auditory function in the guinea pig.

A multichannel scala tympani electrode array incorporating a drug delivery system for chronic intracochlear infusion.

Cochlear immunochemistry--a new technique based on gelatin embedding.

Surface microstructure of the perilymphatic space: implications for cochlear implants and cell- or drug-based therapies.

Long-term sensorineural hearing loss induces functional changes in the rat auditory nerve.

Chronic depolarization enhances the trophic effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rescuing auditory neurons following a sensorineural hearing loss.

Cochlear implantation in rats: a new surgical approach.

Exogenous BDNF rescues rat spiral ganglion neurons in vivo.

Survival of partially differentiated mouse embryonic stem cells in the scala media of the guinea pig cochlea.

Clinical application of neurotrophic factors: the potential for primary auditory neuron protection.

Effect of interphase gap and pulse duration on electrically evoked potentials is correlated with auditory nerve survival.

Aminoglycoside-induced degeneration of adult spiral ganglion neurons involves differential modulation of tyrosine kinase B and p75 neurotrophin receptor signaling.

Basis of electrical stimulation of the cochlea and the cochlear nucleus.

Pneumococcal meningitis: development of a new animal model.

Cortical activation following chronic passive implantation of a wide-field suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis.

Pneumococcal meningitis threshold model: A potential tool to assess infectious risk of new or existing inner ear surgical interventions.

Protective effects of local administration of ciprofloxacin on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis after cochlear implantation.

Does cochlear implantation and electrical stimulation affect residual hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons?

Effects of inner ear trauma on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis.

Threshold shift: effects of cochlear implantation on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis.

Neurotrophic factors and neural prostheses: potential clinical applications based upon findings in the auditory system.

Mice deficient for the type II transmembrane serine protease, TMPRSS1/hepsin, exhibit profound hearing loss.

Deafness alters auditory nerve fibre responses to cochlear implant stimulation.

Concise review: the potential of stem cells for auditory neuron generation and replacement.

Schwann cells revert to non-myelinating phenotypes in the deafened rat cochlea.

A fully implantable stimulator for use in small laboratory animals.

Cochlear implants and brain plasticity.

Assessment of the protective effect of pneumococcal vaccination in preventing meningitis after cochlear implantation.

Meningitis after cochlear implantation.

Cochlear implants stimulate activity-dependent CREB pathway in the deaf auditory cortex: implications for molecular plasticity induced by neural prosthetic devices.

Can we prevent cochlear implant recipients from developing pneumococcal meningitis?

Neurotrophins and electrical stimulation for protection and repair of spiral ganglion neurons following sensorineural hearing loss.

The auditory brain--a tribute to Dexter R.F. Irvine.

Promoting neurite outgrowth from spiral ganglion neuron explants using polypyrrole/BDNF-coated electrodes.

A protocol for cryoembedding the adult guinea pig cochlea for fluorescence immunohistology.

Cochlear implant use following neonatal deafness influences the cochleotopic organization of the primary auditory cortex in cats.

Effects of neonatal partial deafness and chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation on auditory and electrical response characteristics in primary auditory cortex.

Neural prostheses and brain plasticity.

Special issue on medical bionics.

Effects of localized neurotrophin gene expression on spiral ganglion neuron resprouting in the deafened cochlea.

Evaluation of stimulus parameters and electrode geometry for an effective suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis.

Bilateral cochlear implantation in the ferret: a novel animal model for behavioral studies.

Examining the auditory nerve fiber response to high rate cochlear implant stimulation: chronic sensorineural hearing loss and facilitation.

Pneumococcal meningitis post-cochlear implantation: potential routes of infection and pathophysiology.

Pneumococcal meningitis post-cochlear implantation: preventative measures.

An automated system for rapid evaluation of high-density electrode arrays in neural prostheses.

Enhanced auditory neuron survival following cell-based BDNF treatment in the deaf guinea pig.

The effect of deafness duration on neurotrophin gene therapy for spiral ganglion neuron protection.

Spiral ganglion neuron survival and function in the deafened cochlea following chronic neurotrophic treatment.

Development of a surgical approach for a wide-view suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis: evaluation of implantation trauma.

Combining cell-based therapies and neural prostheses to promote neural survival.

Visual cortex responses to suprachoroidal electrical stimulation of the retina: effects of electrode return configuration.

Nanoporous peptide particles for encapsulating and releasing neurotrophic factors in an animal model of neurodegeneration.

Challenges for stem cells to functionally repair the damaged auditory nerve.

Special section on medical bionics.

Hydrogel limits stem cell dispersal in the deaf cochlea: implications for cochlear implants.

Neurotrophin gene therapy for sustained neural preservation after deafness.

Chronic neurotrophin delivery promotes ectopic neurite growth from the spiral ganglion of deafened cochleae without compromising the spatial selectivity of cochlear implants.

A wide-field suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis is stable and well tolerated following chronic implantation.

Suprachoroidal electrical stimulation: effects of stimulus pulse parameters on visual cortical responses.

Visual prostheses for the blind.

Effects of chronic cochlear electrical stimulation after an extended period of profound deafness on primary auditory cortex organization in cats.

Development of a surgical procedure for implantation of a prototype suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis.

Measurement of forces at the tip of a cochlear implant during insertion.

Gene therapy boosts the bionic ear.

Chronic electrical stimulation with a suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis: a preclinical safety and efficacy study.

Mesoporous silica supraparticles for sustained inner-ear drug delivery.

Safety and efficacy of explanting or replacing suprachoroidal electrode arrays in a feline model.

Mold-templated inorganic-organic hybrid supraparticles for codelivery of drugs.

<i>In vivo</i> and <i>in vitro</i> Comparison of the Charge Injection Capacity of Platinum Macro Electrodes.

Evaluation of focused multipolar stimulation for cochlear implants in acutely deafened cats.

ATP-induced photoreceptor death in a feline model of retinal degeneration.

Cell-based neurotrophin treatment supports long-term auditory neuron survival in the deaf guinea pig.

First-in-human trial of a novel suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis.

Infrared neural stimulation fails to evoke neural activity in the deaf guinea pig cochlea.

Evaluation of focused multipolar stimulation for cochlear implants in long-term deafened cats.