The identification and clustering analysis of auditory neurons for salicylated-induced rat model

Salicylate-induced rat model is one of the animal models for tinnitus study. In this study, a radial basis function neural network for automatic identification is firstly developed due to its features of easy training and learning. From the experimental results, the recognition rate is demonstrated to be as high as 98%. Not only the recognition rate is improved, but also it is very objective in analysis. Secondly, a support vector clustering is applied to neurons distribution analysis. Based on the clustering analysis, it is found that the cluster number and distribution area for the Salicylated-induced fos-labeled neurons are very different from those of controlled group.