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Mennink LM, Koops EA, Langers DRM, Aalbers MW, van Dijk JMC, van Dijk P. Cerebellar Gray Matter Volume in Tinnitus. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:862873. [PMID: 35573294 PMCID: PMC9099039 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.862873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. The flocculus (FL) and paraflocculus (PFL), which are small lobules of the cerebellum, have recently been implicated in its pathophysiology. In a previous study, the volume of the (P)FL-complex correlated with tinnitus severity in patients that had undergone cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor removal. In this study, the relation between tinnitus and gray matter volume (GMV) of the (P)FL-complex, GMV of the other cerebellar lobules and GMV of the cerebellar nuclei is investigated in otherwise healthy participants. Data was processed using the SUIT toolbox, which is dedicated to analysis of imaging data of the human cerebellum. GMV of all cerebellar lobules and nuclei were similar between tinnitus and non-tinnitus participants. Moreover, no relation was present between tinnitus severity, as measured by the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, and (P)FL-complex GMV, tonsil GMV, or total cerebellar cortical GMV. These results suggest that in otherwise healthy participants, in contrast to participants after CPA tumor removal, no relation between the GMV of neither the (P)FL-complex nor other cerebellar lobules and tinnitus presence and severity exists. These findings indicate that a relation only exists when the (P)FL-complex is damaged, for instance by a CPA tumor. Alternatively, it is possible that differences in (P)FL-complex GMVs are too small to detect with a voxel-based morphometry study. Therefore, the role of the (P)FL-complex in tinnitus remains to be further studied.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lilian M. Mennink
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Lilian M. Mennink,
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Bio-informatics, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Mennink LM, van Dijk J, van Dijk P. The cerebellar (para)flocculus: A review on its auditory function and a possible role in tinnitus. Hear Res 2020; 398:108081. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Song Y, Xiong S, Fan X, Xin Y, Ma F. Role of inferior colliculus in vestibular vertigo induced by water caloric irrigation. Acta Otolaryngol 2020; 140:682-686. [PMID: 32401101 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2020.1761032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Background: Vestibular vertigo is a common clinical symptom; however, the central neural mechanism of it is still poorly understood.Objective: To demonstrate the changes of neural excitability and ascorbate in inferior colliculus (IC) in a rat vertigo model induced by water caloric irrigation.Methods: In vertigo model induced by water caloric irrigation, we recorded the changes of spontaneous firing rate (SFR) of IC. Then a technique that combining in vivo microanalysis with an online electrochemical system (OECS) was employed to monitor the changes of extracellular ascorbate in IC.Results: Electrophysiological studies showed that after vestibular ice water stimulation, the level of SFR in IC significantly increased, reaching (989 ± 9) % and (941 ± 62) % respectively at 2.0 h after contralateral ice water vestibular stimulation and ipsilateral ice water vestibular stimulation. However, the level of ascorbate in IC dramatically decreased after ice stimulation, decreased to (30 ± 12) % and (57 ± 24) % of the basal level respectively in the contralateral group and ipsilateral group.Conclusions and significance: These findings suggest that inferior colliculus plays a role in peripheral vertigo, which would appear useful for uncovering neural mechanisms of vertigo and help finding novel therapeutic targets for vertigo.
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- Yu Song
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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Eggermont JJ. Separate auditory pathways for the induction and maintenance of tinnitus and hyperacusis? PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2020; 260:101-127. [PMID: 33637214 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tinnitus and hyperacusis often occur together, however tinnitus may occur without hyperacusis or hyperacusis without tinnitus. Based on animal research one could argue that hyperacusis results from noise exposures that increase central gain in the lemniscal, tonotopically organized, pathways, whereas tinnitus requires increased burst firing and neural synchrony in the extra-lemniscal pathway. However, these substrates are not sufficient and require involvement of the central nervous system. The dominant factors in changing cortical networks in tinnitus patients are foremost the degree and type of hearing loss, and comorbidities such as distress and mood. So far, no definite changes have been established for tinnitus proper, albeit that changes in connectivity between the dorsal attention network and the parahippocampal area, as well as the default-mode network-precuneus decoupling, appear to be strong candidates. I conclude that there is still a strong need for further integrating animal and human research into tinnitus and hyperacusis.
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- Jos J Eggermont
- Department of Psychology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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Mennink LM, Van Dijk JMC, Van Der Laan BF, Metzemaekers JD, Van Laar PJ, Van Dijk P. The relation between flocculus volume and tinnitus after cerebellopontine angle tumor surgery. Hear Res 2018; 361:113-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Brozoski T, Brozoski D, Wisner K, Bauer C. Chronic tinnitus and unipolar brush cell alterations in the cerebellum and dorsal cochlear nucleus. Hear Res 2017; 350:139-151. [PMID: 28478300 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Animal model research has shown that the central features of tinnitus, the perception of sound without an acoustic correlate, include elevated spontaneous and stimulus-driven activity, enhanced burst-mode firing, decreased variance of inter-spike intervals, and distortion of tonotopic frequency representation. Less well documented are cell-specific correlates of tinnitus. Unipolar brush cell (UBC) alterations in animals with psychophysical evidence of tinnitus has recently been reported. UBCs are glutamatergic interneurons that appear to function as local-circuit signal amplifiers. UBCs are abundant in the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) and very abundant in the flocculus (FL) and paraflocculus (PFL) of the cerebellum. In the present research, two indicators of UBC structure and function were examined: Doublecortin (DCX) and epidermal growth factor receptor substrate 8 (Eps8). DCX is a protein that binds to microtubules where it can modify their assembly and growth. Eps8 is a cell-surface tyrosine kinase receptor mediating the response to epidermal growth factor; it appears to have a role in actin polymerization as well as cytoskeletal protein interactions. Both functions could contribute to synaptic remodeling. In the present research UBC Eps8 and DCX immunoreactivity (IR) were determined in 4 groups of rats distinguished by their exposure to high-level sound and psychophysical performance: Unexposed, exposed to high-level sound with behavioral evidence of tinnitus, and two exposed groups without behavioral evidence of tinnitus. Compared to unexposed controls, exposed animals with tinnitus had Eps8 IR elevated in their PFL; other structures were not affected, nor was DCX IR affected. This was interpreted as UBC upregulation in animals with tinnitus. Exposure that failed to produce tinnitus did not increase either Eps8 or DCX IR. Rather Eps8 IR was decreased in the FL and DCN of one subgroup (Least-Tinnitus), while DCX IR decreased in the FL of the other subgroup (No-Tinnitus). Neuron degeneration was also documented in the cochlear nucleus and PFL of exposed animals, both with and without tinnitus. Degeneration was not found in unexposed animals. Implications for tinnitus neuropathy are discussed in the context of synaptic remodeling and cerebellar sensory modulation.
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- Thomas Brozoski
- Division of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, United States.
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, United States
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, United States
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- Division of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, United States
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Chen YC, Chen GD, Auerbach BD, Manohar S, Radziwon K, Salvi R. Tinnitus and hyperacusis: Contributions of paraflocculus, reticular formation and stress. Hear Res 2017; 349:208-222. [PMID: 28286099 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tinnitus and hyperacusis are common and potentially serious hearing disorders associated with noise-, age- or drug-induced hearing loss. Accumulating evidence suggests that tinnitus and hyperacusis are linked to excessive neural activity in a distributed brain network that not only includes the central auditory pathway, but also brain regions involved in arousal, emotion, stress and motor control. Here we examine electrophysiological changes in two novel non-auditory areas implicated in tinnitus and hyperacusis: the caudal pontine reticular nucleus (PnC), involved in arousal, and the paraflocculus lobe of the cerebellum (PFL), implicated in head-eye coordination and gating tinnitus and we measure the changes in corticosterone stress hormone levels. Using the salicylate-induced model of tinnitus and hyperacusis, we found that long-latency (>10 ms) sound-evoked response components in both the brain regions were significantly enhanced after salicylate administration, while the short-latency responses were reduced, likely reflecting cochlear hearing loss. These results are consistent with the central gain model of tinnitus and hyperacusis, which proposes that these disorders arise from the amplification of neural activity in central auditory pathway plus other regions linked to arousal, emotion, tinnitus gating and motor control. Finally, we demonstrate that salicylate results in an increase in corticosterone level in a dose-dependent manner consistent with the notion that stress may interact with hearing loss in tinnitus and hyperacusis development. This increased stress response has the potential to have wide-ranging effects on the central nervous system and may therefore contribute to brain-wide changes in neural activity.
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- Yu-Chen Chen
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 210006 Nanjing, China; Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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