Neonatal sensorineural hearing loss affects synaptic density in the auditory midbrain
作者:
Natalie Hardie,
Anne Martsi-McClintock,
Lindsay Aitkin,
Robert Shepherd,
期刊:
NeuroReport
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 9
页码: 2019-2022
ISSN:0959-4965
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Auditory system;Deafness;Inferior colliculus;Synapse;Synaptogenesis
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
WE examined the effect of neonatal sensorineural hearing loss on synaptic density in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICC) of adult cats to evaluate the role of auditory experience in synaptogenesis. Three groups of animals were used: bilaterally deafened, uni-laterally deafened and normal hearing controls. Synaptic density in bilaterally deafened animals was significantly lower than in normal hearing animals. By contrast, there was no significant difference in synaptic density between normal hearing animals and unilaterally deaf animals. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that a sensorineural hearing loss during development can affect synaptogenesis in the auditory midbrain.
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