Pharmacological modulation of Kv3.1 mitigates auditory midbrain temporal processing deficits following auditory nerve damage
Chambers AR, Pilati N, Balaram P, Large CH, Kaczmarek LK, Polley DB. Pharmacological modulation of Kv3.1 mitigates auditory midbrain temporal processing deficits following auditory nerve damage. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 17496. PMID: 29235497, PMCID: PMC5727503, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17406-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsAuditory PathwaysAuditory PerceptionCochlear NerveCompulsive BehaviorDisease Models, AnimalImidazolesMembrane Transport ModulatorsMesencephalonMiceModels, BiologicalNeuronsOuabainPyrimidinesRecovery of FunctionShaw Potassium ChannelsTissue Culture TechniquesVestibulocochlear Nerve DiseasesConceptsTemporal processing deficitsAuditory nerve damageCochlear nerve synapsesTemporal sound featuresCentral auditory pathwayAuditory brainstem neuronsPromising therapeutic approachPatch-clamp recordingsOtotoxic drug exposurePrecise temporal codingTemporal firing patternsHigh-threshold channelsVoltage-gated potassium channelsProcessing deficitsNerve damageBrainstem neuronsAfferent inputCentral neuronsDrug exposureAfferent synapsesContralateral earSystemic injectionCompensatory plasticityTherapeutic approachesAuditory cortex