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
2010
The remarkable cochlear amplifier
Ashmore J, Avan P, Brownell W, Dallos P, Dierkes K, Fettiplace R, Grosh K, Hackney C, Hudspeth A, Jülicher F, Lindner B, Martin P, Meaud J, Petit C, Santos-Sacchi J, Sacchi J, Canlon B. The remarkable cochlear amplifier. Hearing Research 2010, 266: 1-17. PMID: 20541061, PMCID: PMC6366996, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research