Functional alteration of ribbon synapses in inner hair cells by noise exposure causing hidden hearing loss
Liu H, Lu J, Wang Z, Song L, Wang X, Li G, Wu H. Functional alteration of ribbon synapses in inner hair cells by noise exposure causing hidden hearing loss. Neuroscience Letters 2019, 707: 134268. PMID: 31103727, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.05.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInner hair cellsModerate noise exposureHearing lossRibbon synapsesNoise exposureHair cellsPersistent reductionWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsNoise-induced hearing lossSynapse functionAuditory afferent fibersHidden hearing lossABR wave ISynaptic vesiclesAuditory brainstem response (ABR) amplitudesPatch-clamp recordingsSevere noise exposureWhole mount immunofluorescence stainingPatch-clamp electrophysiologySensory hair cellsAfferent fibersABR thresholdPersistent alterationsExposure altersFunctional alterationsCellular Differences in the Cochlea of CBA and B6 Mice May Underlie Their Difference in Susceptibility to Hearing Loss
Liu H, Li G, Lu J, Gao Y, Song L, Li G, Wu H. Cellular Differences in the Cochlea of CBA and B6 Mice May Underlie Their Difference in Susceptibility to Hearing Loss. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2019, 13: 60. PMID: 30873008, PMCID: PMC6400987, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInner hair cellsEarly-onset hearing lossB6 miceOnset hearing lossHearing lossRibbon synapsesOuter hair cell functionMouse strainsCBA/CaJ miceWave I latencySpiral ganglion neuronsSynaptic vesiclesHair cell functionCellular differencesStable hearingSimilar hearing thresholdsI latencyABR thresholdGanglion neuronsGlutamate toxicityHearing thresholdsWave IMiceHair cellsCell function