2021
Efferent feedback controls bilateral auditory spontaneous activity
Wang Y, Sanghvi M, Gribizis A, Zhang Y, Song L, Morley B, Barson DG, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D, Crair M. Efferent feedback controls bilateral auditory spontaneous activity. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 2449. PMID: 33907194, PMCID: PMC8079389, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22796-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous activityEfferent modulationEfferent pathwaysMedial olivocochlear systemCentral nervous systemCentral auditory systemInner hair cellsAuditory systemNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsSpontaneous activity patternsOlivocochlear systemHearing onsetEfferent systemChemogenetic experimentsBilateral couplingNervous systemAcetylcholine receptorsCircuit formationEfferent feedbackFiring patternsHair cellsΑ9/Auditory sensitivityBilateral correlationActivity patterns
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