2022
Outer hair cell function is normal in βV spectrin knockout mice
Stankewich MC, Bai JP, Stabach PR, Khan S, Tan WJT, Surguchev A, Song L, Morrow JS, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam DS. Outer hair cell function is normal in βV spectrin knockout mice. Hearing Research 2022, 423: 108564. PMID: 35864018, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsAuditory brainstem response wavesAuditory thresholdOuter hair cell functionSpiral ganglion neuronsEfferent nerve fibersHair cell functionNumber of afferentsGanglion neuronsNerve fibersKnockout miceNeuronal structuresMiceHair cellsCell functionElectromechanical activityPutative roleType IOngoing investigationExon deletionsSynaptopathyAfferentsData supportResponse wavesNeurons
2013
Chapter 25 Audition
Brown M, Santos-Sacchi J. Chapter 25 Audition. 2013, 553-576. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385870-2.00025-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHair cellsOuter hair cellsMore apical locationsCochlear nucleusMedial geniculateNerve fibersAuditory brainstemAuditory cortexInferior colliculusAuditory nerveSuperior oliveComplex sound stimuliSensitivity of hearingCochlear implantsInteraural level differencesInner earCentral pathwaysReceptor cellsSound stimuliAuditory systemInteraural timeSound localizationIon channelsApical locationMechanoreceptors
1986
Immunocytochemical demonstration of astrocytes in the eighth cranial nerve of the red-eared turtle
Marbey D, Santos-Sacchi J. Immunocytochemical demonstration of astrocytes in the eighth cranial nerve of the red-eared turtle. Experimental Neurology 1986, 94: 141-148. PMID: 3530795, DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(86)90277-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEighth cranial nerveGlial fibrillary acidic proteinFibrillary acidic proteinCranial nervesAstrocytic intermediate filament proteinAcidic proteinRed-eared turtleCranial nerve fibersCochlear nucleusNerve fibersExtracranial portionLateral aspectNerveCoronal sectionsImmunocytochemical demonstrationIntermediate filament proteinsAstrocytesMedullaOne-thirdTwo-thirdsPresent studyFilament proteins