2023
Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in sensorineural hearing loss
Tan W, Song L. Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing Research 2023, 434: 108783. PMID: 37167889, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensorineural hearing lossOtotoxic drugsMitochondrial dysfunctionReactive oxygen speciesOxidative stressHearing lossDevelopment of SNHLMitochondrial reactive oxygen speciesSpiral ganglion neuronsMitochondrial DNA mutationsPrecise pathophysiological mechanismsSensory hair cellsHair cell mitochondriaConsequent oxidative stressCentral etiological roleMtDNA mutationsPathophysiological mechanismsGanglion neuronsAntioxidant therapyCalcium dysregulationDNA mutationsCell mitochondriaClinical studiesCochlear cellsEtiological role
2019
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 alterations