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Yusuf PA, Hubka P, Konerding W, Land R, Tillein J, Kral A. Congenital deafness reduces alpha-gamma cross-frequency coupling in the auditory cortex. Hear Res 2024; 449:109032. [PMID: 38797035 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2024.109032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Neurons within a neuronal network can be grouped by bottom-up and top-down influences using synchrony in neuronal oscillations. This creates the representation of perceptual objects from sensory features. Oscillatory activity can be differentiated into stimulus-phase-locked (evoked) and non-phase-locked (induced). The former is mainly determined by sensory input, the latter by higher-level (cortical) processing. Effects of auditory deprivation on cortical oscillations have been studied in congenitally deaf cats (CDCs) using cochlear implant (CI) stimulation. CI-induced alpha, beta, and gamma activity were compromised in the auditory cortex of CDCs. Furthermore, top-down information flow between secondary and primary auditory areas in hearing cats, conveyed by induced alpha oscillations, was lost in CDCs. Here we used the matching pursuit algorithm to assess components of such oscillatory activity in local field potentials recorded in primary field A1. Additionally to the loss of induced alpha oscillations, we also found a loss of evoked theta activity in CDCs. The loss of theta and alpha activity in CDCs can be directly related to reduced high-frequency (gamma-band) activity due to cross-frequency coupling. Here we quantified such cross-frequency coupling in adult 1) hearing-experienced, acoustically stimulated cats (aHCs), 2) hearing-experienced cats following acute pharmacological deafening and subsequent CIs, thus in electrically stimulated cats (eHCs), and 3) electrically stimulated CDCs. We found significant cross-frequency coupling in all animal groups in > 70% of auditory-responsive sites. The predominant coupling in aHCs and eHCs was between theta/alpha phase and gamma power. In CDCs such coupling was lost and replaced by alpha oscillations coupling to delta/theta phase. Thus, alpha/theta oscillations synchronize high-frequency gamma activity only in hearing-experienced cats. The absence of induced alpha and theta oscillations contributes to the loss of induced gamma power in CDCs, thereby signifying impaired local network activity.
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- Prasandhya A Yusuf
- Hannover Medical School, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover, Germany; Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics / Medical Technology IMERI, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover, Germany
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- J.W. Goethe University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover, Germany; Australian Hearing Hub, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Qu H, Tang H, Wang L, Wang W, Zhao Y, Chen A, Hu C. Effects on brain structural and functional in deaf children after aerobic exercise training: a pilot cluster randomized controlled study. Int J Neurosci 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38618672 DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2024.2341910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Purpose: To examine effects of aerobic exercise interventions on brain via the structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), as well as functional change during working memory (WM) task using fMRI in deaf children.Method: The study applied a cluster randomized controlled design. Twelve deaf children in the intervention group were required to complete an eleven-week aerobic exercise intervention, while other twelve age and gender matched deaf children in the control group were required to keep their normal daily life. Task fMRI images of each participant were acquired in the baseline and post intervention period. The surface-based morphometry (SBM) analysis and functional activation analysis were employed to probe the effects of 11-week aerobic exercise on cerebral structural and functional in deaf children, respectively.Results: The 11-week aerobic exercise intervention did not change brain structure in deaf children. However, behavior performance (reaction time and mean accuracy rate) presented significant improvements after the 11-week aerobic exercise intervention. Compared to the control group, the intervention group showed decreased reaction time in the 2-back (p < 0.001) and 2-0 back (p < 0.001), and increased mean accuracy rate during 2-back (p = 0.034). Furthermore, enhanced brain activations in the left supplementary motor cortex (p < 0.05, FDR-corrected) and left paracentral lobule (p < 0.05, FDR-corrected) were observed in the intervention group.Conclusion: 11-week aerobic exercise intervention may not be able to modulate brain structure in deaf children, but may have significantly positive effects on behavior performance and brain functional activation during WM task.
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- Hang Qu
- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou Jiangsu, China
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- Deparment of Health Sciences & Kinesiology, GA Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- Department of Biobank, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University. Yangzhou Jiangsu, China
- Institute of Epigenetics and Epigenomics, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University. Yangzhou Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou Jiangsu, China
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- College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou Jiangsu, China
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Sacco A, Gordon SG, Lomber SG. Connectome alterations following perinatal deafness in the cat. Neuroimage 2024; 290:120554. [PMID: 38431180 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Following sensory deprivation, areas and networks in the brain may adapt and reorganize to compensate for the loss of input. These adaptations are manifestations of compensatory crossmodal plasticity, which has been documented in both human and animal models of deafness-including the domestic cat. Although there are abundant examples of structural plasticity in deaf felines from retrograde tracer-based studies, there is a lack of diffusion-based knowledge involving this model compared to the current breadth of human research. The purpose of this study was to explore white matter structural adaptations in the perinatally-deafened cat via tractography, increasing the methodological overlap between species. Plasticity was examined by identifying unique group connections and assessing altered connectional strength throughout the entirety of the brain. Results revealed a largely preserved connectome containing a limited number of group-specific or altered connections focused within and between sensory networks, which is generally corroborated by deaf feline anatomical tracer literature. Furthermore, five hubs of cortical plasticity and altered communication following perinatal deafness were observed. The limited differences found in the present study suggest that deafness-induced crossmodal plasticity is largely built upon intrinsic structural connections, with limited remodeling of underlying white matter.
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- Alessandra Sacco
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Ruttorf M, Tal Z, Amaral L, Fang F, Bi Y, Almeida J. Neuroplastic changes in functional wiring in sensory cortices of the congenitally deaf: A network analysis. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:6523-6536. [PMID: 37956260 PMCID: PMC10681644 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Congenital sensory deprivation induces significant changes in the structural and functional organisation of the brain. These are well-characterised by cross-modal plasticity, in which deprived cortical areas are recruited to process information from non-affected sensory modalities, as well as by other neuroplastic alterations within regions dedicated to the remaining senses. Here, we analysed visual and auditory networks of congenitally deaf and hearing individuals during different visual tasks to assess changes in network community structure and connectivity patterns due to congenital deafness. In the hearing group, the nodes are clearly divided into three communities (visual, auditory and subcortical), whereas in the deaf group a fourth community consisting mainly of bilateral superior temporal sulcus and temporo-insular regions is present. Perhaps more importantly, the right lateral geniculate body, as well as bilateral thalamus and pulvinar joined the auditory community of the deaf. Moreover, there is stronger connectivity between bilateral thalamic and pulvinar and auditory areas in the deaf group, when compared to the hearing group. No differences were found in the number of connections of these nodes to visual areas. Our findings reveal substantial neuroplastic changes occurring within the auditory and visual networks caused by deafness, emphasising the dynamic nature of the sensory systems in response to congenital deafness. Specifically, these results indicate that in the deaf but not the hearing group, subcortical thalamic nuclei are highly connected to auditory areas during processing of visual information, suggesting that these relay areas may be responsible for rerouting visual information to the auditory cortex under congenital deafness.
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- Michaela Ruttorf
- Computer Assisted Clinical MedicineHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
- Mannheim Institute for Intelligent Systems in MedicineHeidelberg UniversityMannheimGermany
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- Proaction LaboratoryUniversity of CoimbraPortugal
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational SciencesUniversity of CoimbraPortugal
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- Department of NeuroscienceGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental HealthPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Peking‐Tsinghua Center for Life SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern, Institute for Brain ResearchBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and ConnectomicsBeijing Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Chinese Institute for Brain ResearchBeijingChina
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- Proaction LaboratoryUniversity of CoimbraPortugal
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational SciencesUniversity of CoimbraPortugal
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Merrikhi Y, Mirzaei A, Kok MA, Meredith MA, Lomber SG. Deafness induces complete crossmodal plasticity in a belt region of dorsal auditory cortex. Eur J Neurosci 2023; 58:3058-3073. [PMID: 37408361 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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Many neural areas, where patterned activity is lost following deafness, have the capacity to become activated by the remaining sensory systems. This crossmodal plasticity can be measured at perceptual/behavioural as well as physiological levels. The dorsal zone (DZ) of auditory cortex of deaf cats is involved in supranormal visual motion detection, but its physiological level of crossmodal reorganisation is not well understood. The present study of early-deaf DZ (and hearing controls) used multiple single-channel recording methods to examine neuronal responses to visual, auditory, somatosensory and combined stimulation. In early-deaf DZ, no auditory activation was observed, but 100% of the neurons were responsive to visual cues of which 21% were also influenced by somatosensory stimulation. Visual and somatosensory responses were not anatomically organised as they are in hearing cats, and fewer multisensory neurons were present in the deaf condition. These crossmodal physiological results closely correspond with and support the perceptual/behavioural enhancements that occur following hearing loss.
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- Yaser Merrikhi
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Gundogdu O, Serbetcioglu MB, Kara E, Eser BN. Effects of Cognitive Functions on Speech Recognition in Noise in Cochlear Implant Recipients. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2023; 85:208-214. [PMID: 37331341 DOI: 10.1159/000530233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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INTRODUCTION There are substantial differences in speech recognition performance of adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients. This study investigated the effects of cognitive function on speech recognition in CI recipients. METHODS The verbal working memory of 36 adults with unilateral CIs was tested using digit span tests. Attention and inhibition abilities were assessed by using the Stroop test (both congruent and incongruent tasks). Speech recognition in noise was measured using the Turkish matrix test. RESULTS A moderate negative correlation was observed between the critical signal-to-noise ratio obtained via speech recognition in noise test and the digit span test scores (backward and digit span total scores). There was no correlation between Stroop test scores and speech recognition in noise in CI recipients. CONCLUSION The findings indicated that verbal working memory correlated well with speech recognition outcomes in adult CI recipients and that higher working memory capacity led to better speech recognition performance in noise.
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- Oğulcan Gundogdu
- Department of Audiology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Audiology, Faculty Health Sciences, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Audiology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kral A, Sharma A. Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss. Trends Neurosci 2023; 46:377-393. [PMID: 36990952 PMCID: PMC10121905 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
Abstract
Crossmodal plasticity is a textbook example of the ability of the brain to reorganize based on use. We review evidence from the auditory system showing that such reorganization has significant limits, is dependent on pre-existing circuitry and top-down interactions, and that extensive reorganization is often absent. We argue that the evidence does not support the hypothesis that crossmodal reorganization is responsible for closing critical periods in deafness, and crossmodal plasticity instead represents a neuronal process that is dynamically adaptable. We evaluate the evidence for crossmodal changes in both developmental and adult-onset deafness, which start as early as mild-moderate hearing loss and show reversibility when hearing is restored. Finally, crossmodal plasticity does not appear to affect the neuronal preconditions for successful hearing restoration. Given its dynamic and versatile nature, we describe how this plasticity can be exploited for improving clinical outcomes after neurosensory restoration.
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- Andrej Kral
- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology, Otolaryngology Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Australian Hearing Hub, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Speech Language and Hearing Science, Center for Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
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Audiovisual Training in Virtual Reality Improves Auditory Spatial Adaptation in Unilateral Hearing Loss Patients. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12062357. [PMID: 36983357 PMCID: PMC10058351 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12062357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) leads to an alteration of binaural cues resulting in a significant increment of spatial errors in the horizontal plane. In this study, nineteen patients with UHL were recruited and randomized in a cross-over design into two groups; a first group (n = 9) that received spatial audiovisual training in the first session and a non-spatial audiovisual training in the second session (2 to 4 weeks after the first session). A second group (n = 10) received the same training in the opposite order (non-spatial and then spatial). A sound localization test using head-pointing (LOCATEST) was completed prior to and following each training session. The results showed a significant decrease in head-pointing localization errors after spatial training for group 1 (24.85° ± 15.8° vs. 16.17° ± 11.28°; p < 0.001). The number of head movements during the spatial training for the 19 participants did not change (p = 0.79); nonetheless, the hand-pointing errors and reaction times significantly decreased at the end of the spatial training (p < 0.001). This study suggests that audiovisual spatial training can improve and induce spatial adaptation to a monaural deficit through the optimization of effective head movements. Virtual reality systems are relevant tools that can be used in clinics to develop training programs for patients with hearing impairments.
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Merrikhi Y, Kok MA, Lomber SG, Meredith MA. A comparison of multisensory features of two auditory cortical areas: primary (A1) and higher-order dorsal zone (DZ). Cereb Cortex Commun 2022; 4:tgac049. [PMID: 36632047 PMCID: PMC9825723 DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgac049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
From myriads of ongoing stimuli, the brain creates a fused percept of the environment. This process, which culminates in perceptual binding, is presumed to occur through the operations of multisensory neurons that occur throughout the brain. However, because different brain areas receive different inputs and have different cytoarchitechtonics, it would be expected that local multisensory features would also vary across regions. The present study investigated that hypothesis using multiple single-unit recordings from anesthetized cats in response to controlled, electronically-generated separate and combined auditory, visual, and somatosensory stimulation. These results were used to compare the multisensory features of neurons in cat primary auditory cortex (A1) with those identified in the nearby higher-order auditory region, the Dorsal Zone (DZ). Both regions exhibited the same forms of multisensory neurons, albeit in different proportions. Multisensory neurons exhibiting excitatory or inhibitory properties occurred in similar proportions in both areas. Also, multisensory neurons in both areas expressed similar levels of multisensory integration. Because responses to auditory cues alone were so similar to those that included non-auditory stimuli, it is proposed that this effect represents a mechanism by which multisensory neurons subserve the process of perceptual binding.
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- Yaser Merrikhi
- Corresponding authors: Yaser Merrikhi, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada. and Stephen G Lomber, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5K8, Canada
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- Corresponding authors: Yaser Merrikhi, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada. and Stephen G Lomber, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
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Gori M, Amadeo MB, Pavani F, Valzolgher C, Campus C. Temporal visual representation elicits early auditory-like responses in hearing but not in deaf individuals. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19036. [PMID: 36351944 PMCID: PMC9646881 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22224-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
It is evident that the brain is capable of large-scale reorganization following sensory deprivation, but the extent of such reorganization is to date, not clear. The auditory modality is the most accurate to represent temporal information, and deafness is an ideal clinical condition to study the reorganization of temporal representation when the audio signal is not available. Here we show that hearing, but not deaf individuals, show a strong ERP response to visual stimuli in temporal areas during a time-bisection task. This ERP response appears 50-90 ms after the flash and recalls some aspects of the N1 ERP component usually elicited by auditory stimuli. The same ERP is not evident for a visual space-bisection task, suggesting that the early recruitment of temporal cortex is specific for building a highly resolved temporal representation within the visual modality. These findings provide evidence that the lack of auditory input can interfere with typical development of complex visual temporal representations.
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- Monica Gori
- grid.25786.3e0000 0004 1764 2907Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152 Genoa, Italy
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- grid.25786.3e0000 0004 1764 2907Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152 Genoa, Italy
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- grid.11696.390000 0004 1937 0351Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Trento, Italy ,grid.11696.390000 0004 1937 0351Centro Interateneo di Ricerca Cognizione, Linguaggio e Sordità (CIRCLeS), University of Trento, Trento, Italy ,grid.461862.f0000 0004 0614 7222Integrative, Multisensory, Perception, Action and Cognition Team (IMPACT), Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience de Lyon (CRNL), Bron, France
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- grid.11696.390000 0004 1937 0351Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Trento, Italy ,grid.461862.f0000 0004 0614 7222Integrative, Multisensory, Perception, Action and Cognition Team (IMPACT), Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience de Lyon (CRNL), Bron, France
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- grid.25786.3e0000 0004 1764 2907Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152 Genoa, Italy
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Palaniswami H, Abraham A, Yerraguntla K. Auditory cortical stimulability in non habilitated individuals – An evidence from CAEPs. J Otol 2022; 17:146-155. [PMID: 35847577 PMCID: PMC9270565 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2022.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Grégoire A, Deggouj N, Dricot L, Decat M, Kupers R. Brain Morphological Modifications in Congenital and Acquired Auditory Deprivation: A Systematic Review and Coordinate-Based Meta-Analysis. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:850245. [PMID: 35418829 PMCID: PMC8995770 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.850245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuroplasticity following deafness has been widely demonstrated in both humans and animals, but the anatomical substrate of these changes is not yet clear in human brain. However, it is of high importance since hearing loss is a growing problem due to aging population. Moreover, knowing these brain changes could help to understand some disappointing results with cochlear implant, and therefore could improve hearing rehabilitation. A systematic review and a coordinate-based meta-analysis were realized about the morphological brain changes highlighted by MRI in severe to profound hearing loss, congenital and acquired before or after language onset. 25 papers were included in our review, concerning more than 400 deaf subjects, most of them presenting prelingual deafness. The most consistent finding is a volumetric decrease in gray matter around bilateral auditory cortex. This change was confirmed by the coordinate-based meta-analysis which shows three converging clusters in this region. The visual areas of deaf children is also significantly impacted, with a decrease of the volume of both gray and white matters. Finally, deafness is responsible of a gray matter increase within the cerebellum, especially at the right side. These results are largely discussed and compared with those from deaf animal models and blind humans, which demonstrate for example a much more consistent gray matter decrease along their respective primary sensory pathway. In human deafness, a lot of other factors than deafness could interact on the brain plasticity. One of the most important is the use of sign language and its age of acquisition, which induce among others changes within the hand motor region and the visual cortex. But other confounding factors exist which have been too little considered in the current literature, such as the etiology of the hearing impairment, the speech-reading ability, the hearing aid use, the frequent associated vestibular dysfunction or neurocognitive impairment. Another important weakness highlighted by this review concern the lack of papers about postlingual deafness, whereas it represents most of the deaf population. Further studies are needed to better understand these issues, and finally try to improve deafness rehabilitation.
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- Anaïs Grégoire
- Department of ENT, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Institute of NeuroScience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of ENT, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Institute of NeuroScience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of NeuroScience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of ENT, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Institute of NeuroScience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of NeuroScience (IoNS), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Department of Neuroscience, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ecole d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Yusuf PA, Lamuri A, Hubka P, Tillein J, Vinck M, Kral A. Deficient Recurrent Cortical Processing in Congenital Deafness. Front Syst Neurosci 2022; 16:806142. [PMID: 35283734 PMCID: PMC8913535 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2022.806142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The influence of sensory experience on cortical feedforward and feedback interactions has rarely been studied in the auditory cortex. Previous work has documented a dystrophic effect of deafness in deep cortical layers, and a reduction of interareal couplings between primary and secondary auditory areas in congenital deafness which was particularly pronounced in the top-down direction (from the secondary to the primary area). In the present study, we directly quantified the functional interaction between superficial (supragranular, I to III) and deep (infragranular, V and VI) layers of feline’s primary auditory cortex A1, and also between superficial/deep layers of A1 and a secondary auditory cortex, namely the posterior auditory field (PAF). We compared adult hearing cats under acoustic stimulation and cochlear implant (CI) stimulation to adult congenitally deaf cats (CDC) under CI stimulation. Neuronal activity was recorded from auditory fields A1 and PAF simultaneously with two NeuroNexus electrode arrays. We quantified the spike field coherence (i.e., the statistical dependence of spike trains at one electrode with local field potentials on another electrode) using pairwise phase consistency (PPC). Both the magnitude as well as the preferred phase of synchronization was analyzed. The magnitude of PPC was significantly smaller in CDCs than in controls. Furthermore, controls showed no significant difference between the preferred phase of synchronization between supragranular and infragranular layers, both in acoustic and electric stimulation. In CDCs, however, there was a large difference in the preferred phase between supragranular and infragranular layers. These results demonstrate a loss of synchrony and for the first time directly document a functional decoupling of the interaction between supragranular and infragranular layers of the primary auditory cortex in congenital deafness. Since these are key for the influence of top-down to bottom-up computations, the results suggest a loss of recurrent cortical processing in congenital deafness and explain the outcomes of previous studies by deficits in intracolumnar microcircuitry.
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- Prasandhya Astagiri Yusuf
- Department of Medical Physics/Medical Technology IMERI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Medical Physics/Medical Technology IMERI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
- MEDEL Comp., Starnberg, Germany
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- Ernst Strüngmann Institut for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Department of Neuroinformatics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Benetti S, Collignon O. Cross-modal integration and plasticity in the superior temporal cortex. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2022; 187:127-143. [PMID: 35964967 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823493-8.00026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In congenitally deaf people, temporal regions typically believed to be primarily auditory enhance their response to nonauditory information. The neural mechanisms and functional principles underlying this phenomenon, as well as its impact on auditory recovery after sensory restoration, yet remain debated. In this chapter, we demonstrate that the cross-modal recruitment of temporal regions by visual inputs in congenitally deaf people follows organizational principles known to be present in the hearing brain. We propose that the functional and structural mechanisms allowing optimal convergence of multisensory information in the temporal cortex of hearing people also provide the neural scaffolding for feeding visual or tactile information into the deafened temporal areas. Innate in their nature, such anatomo-functional links between the auditory and other sensory systems would represent the common substrate of both early multisensory integration and expression of selective cross-modal plasticity in the superior temporal cortex.
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- Stefania Benetti
- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; Institute for Research in Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, UC Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Lai K, Liu J, Wang J, Zheng Y, Liang M, Wang S. Resting-state EEG reveals global network deficiency in prelingually deaf children with late cochlear implantation. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:909069. [PMID: 36147821 PMCID: PMC9487891 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.909069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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There are individual differences in rehabilitation after cochlear implantation that can be explained by brain plasticity. However, from the perspective of brain networks, the effect of implantation age on brain plasticity is unclear. The present study investigated electroencephalography functional networks in the resting state, including eyes-closed and eyes-open conditions, in 31 children with early cochlear implantation, 24 children with late cochlear implantation, and 29 children with normal hearing. Resting-state functional connectivity was measured with phase lag index, and we investigated the connectivity between the sensory regions for each frequency band. Network topology was examined using minimum spanning tree to obtain the network backbone characteristics. The results showed stronger connectivity between auditory and visual regions but reduced global network efficiency in children with late cochlear implantation in the theta and alpha bands. Significant correlations were observed between functional backbone characteristics and speech perception scores in children with cochlear implantation. Collectively, these results reveal an important effect of implantation age on the extent of brain plasticity from a network perspective and indicate that characteristics of the brain network can reflect the extent of rehabilitation of children with cochlear implantation.
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- Kaiying Lai
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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Pavani F, Bottari D. Neuroplasticity following cochlear implants. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2022; 187:89-108. [PMID: 35964994 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823493-8.00016-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The auditory cortex of people with sensorineural hearing loss can be re-afferented using a cochlear implant (CI): a neural prosthesis that bypasses the damaged cells in the cochlea to directly stimulate the auditory nerve. Although CIs are the most successful neural prosthesis to date, some CI users still do not achieve satisfactory outcomes using these devices. To explain variability in outcomes, clinicians and researchers have increasingly focused their attention on neuroscientific investigations that examined how the auditory cortices respond to the electric signals that originate from the CI. This chapter provides an overview of the literature that examined how the auditory cortex changes its functional properties in response to inputs from the CI, in animal models and in humans. We focus first on the basic responses to sounds delivered through electrical hearing and, next, we examine the integrity of two fundamental aspects of the auditory system: tonotopy and processing of binaural cues. When addressing the effects of CIs in humans, we also consider speech-evoked responses. We conclude by discussing to what extent this neuroscientific literature can contribute to clinical practices and help to overcome variability in outcomes.
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- Francesco Pavani
- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.
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Merrikhi Y, Kok MA, Carrasco A, Meredith MA, Lomber SG. MULTISENSORY RESPONSES IN A BELT REGION OF THE DORSAL AUDITORY CORTICAL PATHWAY. Eur J Neurosci 2021; 55:589-610. [PMID: 34927294 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A basic function of the cerebral cortex is to receive and integrate information from different sensory modalities into a comprehensive percept of the environment. Neurons that demonstrate multisensory convergence occur across the necortex, but are especially prevalent in higher-order, association areas. However, a recent study of a cat higher-order auditory area, the dorsal zone (DZ) of auditory cortex, did not observe any multisensory features. Therefore, the goal of the present investigation was to address this conflict using recording and testing methodologies that are established for exposing and studying multisensory neuronal processing. Among the 482 neurons studied, we found that 76.6% were influenced by non-auditory stimuli. Of these neurons, 99% were affected by visual stimulation, but only 11% by somatosensory. Furthermore, a large proportion of the multisensory neurons showed integrated responses to multisensory stimulation, constituted a majority of the excitatory and inhibitory neurons encountered (as identified by the duration of their waveshape), and exhibited a distinct spatial distribution within DZ. These findings demonstrate that the dorsal zone of auditory cortex robustly exhibits multisensory properties and that the proportions of multisensory neurons encountered are consistent with those identified in other higher-order cortices.
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- Yaser Merrikhi
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Widespread plasticity of cognition-related brain networks in single-sided deafness revealed by randomized window-based dynamic functional connectivity. Med Image Anal 2021; 73:102163. [PMID: 34303170 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2021.102163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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As an extreme type of partial auditory deprivation, single-sided deafness (SSD) has been demonstrated to lead to extensive neural plasticity according to multimodal neuroimaging studies. Among them, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) offers valuable information on functional connectivities (FCs). However, most previous SSD rs-fMRI studies assumed that the extracted FC remains stationary during the entire fMRI scan and neglected dynamic functional activities. Existing fixed window-based dynamic FC analysis also ignores dynamic functional activities under different temporal terms. Additionally, due to the cost constraints of using MRI machines, using data-driven methods for unbiased hypothesis investigations may require more effective sample data augmentation techniques. To tackle these challenges and problems together, in this study, we proposed a dynamic window with a random length and position to extract participants' dynamic characteristics under different temporal terms and to extract more information from the dataset. Then, we proposed a nodal efficiency-based correlation matrix to describe the relationships of synergism between regions as features and applied a linear support vector machine (SVM) model to learn the importance of the features, which helped to identify SSD patients and healthy controls. A total of 68 participants (including 23 with left SSD, 20 with right SSD and 25 healthy controls) were enrolled. Our proposed approach with a random window showed clear improvement compared with traditional static and fixed window-based dynamic FC by using the linear SVM model. FCs related to the frontoparietal, somatomotor, dorsal attention, limbic and default mode networks played significant roles in differentiating SSD patients from healthy controls. Additionally, FCs between the somatomotor and frontoparietal networks made the greatest contribution to the classification model. Regarding brain regions, FCs related to the superior frontal gyrus, superior parietal lobule, superior temporal gyrus, amygdala, and orbital gyrus played significant roles. These findings suggest that networks and regions related to higher-order cognitive functions showed the most significant FC alterations in SSD, which may represent a compensatory collaboration of cognitive resources in SSD.
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Zhang G, Xu LC, Zhang MF, Zou Y, He LM, Cheng YF, Zhang DS, Zhao WB, Wang XY, Wang PC, Zhang GY. Changes of the Brain Causal Connectivity Networks in Patients With Long-Term Bilateral Hearing Loss. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:628866. [PMID: 34276277 PMCID: PMC8280322 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.628866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It remains poorly understood how brain causal connectivity networks change following hearing loss and their effects on cognition. In the current study, we investigated this issue. Twelve patients with long-term bilateral sensorineural hearing loss [mean age, 55.7 ± 2.0; range, 39–63 years; threshold of hearing level (HL): left ear, 49.0 ± 4.1 dB HL, range, 31.25–76.25 dB HL; right ear, 55.1 ± 7.1 dB HL, range, 35–115 dB HL; the duration of hearing loss, 16.67 ± 4.5, range, 3–55 years] and 12 matched normally hearing controls (mean age, 52.3 ± 1.8; range, 42–63 years; threshold of hearing level: left ear, 17.6 ± 1.3 dB HL, range, 11.25–26.25 dB HL; right ear, 19.7 ± 1.3 dB HL, range, 8.75–26.25 dB HL) participated in this experiment. We constructed and analyzed the causal connectivity networks based on functional magnetic resonance imaging data of these participants. Two-sample t-tests revealed significant changes of causal connections and nodal degrees in the right secondary visual cortex, associative visual cortex, right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, left subgenual cortex, and the left cingulate cortex, as well as the shortest causal connectivity paths from the right secondary visual cortex to Broca’s area in hearing loss patients. Neuropsychological tests indicated that hearing loss patients presented significant cognitive decline. Pearson’s correlation analysis indicated that changes of nodal degrees and the shortest causal connectivity paths were significantly related with poor cognitive performances. We also found a cross-modal reorganization between associative visual cortex and auditory cortex in patients with hearing loss. Additionally, we noted that visual and auditory signals had different effects on neural activities of Broca’s area, respectively. These results suggest that changes in brain causal connectivity network are an important neuroimaging mark of cognitive decline. Our findings provide some implications for rehabilitation of hearing loss patients.
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- Gang Zhang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, China
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Development of Auditory Cortex Circuits. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2021; 22:237-259. [PMID: 33909161 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-021-00794-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The ability to process and perceive sensory stimuli is an essential function for animals. Among the sensory modalities, audition is crucial for communication, pleasure, care for the young, and perceiving threats. The auditory cortex (ACtx) is a key sound processing region that combines ascending signals from the auditory periphery and inputs from other sensory and non-sensory regions. The development of ACtx is a protracted process starting prenatally and requires the complex interplay of molecular programs, spontaneous activity, and sensory experience. Here, we review the development of thalamic and cortical auditory circuits during pre- and early post-natal periods.
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Yusuf PA, Hubka P, Tillein J, Vinck M, Kral A. Deafness Weakens Interareal Couplings in the Auditory Cortex. Front Neurosci 2021; 14:625721. [PMID: 33551733 PMCID: PMC7858676 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.625721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The function of the cerebral cortex essentially depends on the ability to form functional assemblies across different cortical areas serving different functions. Here we investigated how developmental hearing experience affects functional and effective interareal connectivity in the auditory cortex in an animal model with years-long and complete auditory deprivation (deafness) from birth, the congenitally deaf cat (CDC). Using intracortical multielectrode arrays, neuronal activity of adult hearing controls and CDCs was registered in the primary auditory cortex and the secondary posterior auditory field (PAF). Ongoing activity as well as responses to acoustic stimulation (in adult hearing controls) and electric stimulation applied via cochlear implants (in adult hearing controls and CDCs) were analyzed. As functional connectivity measures pairwise phase consistency and Granger causality were used. While the number of coupled sites was nearly identical between controls and CDCs, a reduced coupling strength between the primary and the higher order field was found in CDCs under auditory stimulation. Such stimulus-related decoupling was particularly pronounced in the alpha band and in top–down direction. Ongoing connectivity did not show such a decoupling. These findings suggest that developmental experience is essential for functional interareal interactions during sensory processing. The outcomes demonstrate that corticocortical couplings, particularly top-down connectivity, are compromised following congenital sensory deprivation.
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- Prasandhya Astagiri Yusuf
- Department of Medical Physics/Medical Technology Core Cluster IMERI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.,Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,MedEL Company, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Ernst Strüngmann Institut for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, Frankfurt, Germany.,Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University, Department of Neuroinformatics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Department of Experimental Otology of the ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Hribar M, Šuput D, Battelino S, Vovk A. Review article: Structural brain alterations in prelingually deaf. Neuroimage 2020; 220:117042. [PMID: 32534128 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Functional studies show that our brain has a remarkable ability to reorganize itself in the absence of one or more sensory modalities. In this review, we gathered all the available articles investigating structural alterations in congenitally deaf subjects. Some concentrated only on specific regions of interest (e.g., auditory areas), while others examined the whole brain. The majority of structural alterations were observed in the auditory white matter and were more pronounced in the right hemisphere. A decreased white matter volume or fractional anisotropy in the auditory areas were the most common findings in congenitally deaf subjects. Only a few studies observed alterations in the auditory grey matter. Preservation of the grey matter might be due to the cross-modal plasticity as well as due to the lack of sensitivity of methods used for microstructural alterations of grey matter. Structural alterations were also observed in the frontal, visual, and other cerebral regions as well as in the cerebellum. The observed structural brain alterations in the deaf can probably be attributed mainly to the cross-modal plasticity in the absence of sound input and use of sign instead of spoken language.
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- Manja Hribar
- Center for Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Center for Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Center for Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Reorganized Brain White Matter in Early- and Late-Onset Deafness With Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Ear Hear 2020; 42:223-234. [PMID: 32833702 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Individuals with early- and late-onset deafness showed different functional and morphological brain changes, but white matter alterations in both deaf groups still need to be elucidated. This study aimed to investigate changes in white matter integrity and white matter anatomical connectivity in both early- and late-onset deaf groups compared with hearing group. DESIGN Diffusion tensor imaging data from 7 early-onset deaf (50.7 ± 6.5 years), 11 late-onset deaf (50.9 ± 12.3 years), and 9 hearing adults (48.9 ± 9.5 years) were preprocessed using FSL software. To find changes in white matter integrity, tract-based spatial statistics was used, which implemented on FSL software. Fractional anisotropy (FA), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) were calculated and compared among the groups with age as a nuisance variable. To find out the effect of onset age or duration of deafness to the white matter integrity, onset-age or duration of deafness was treated as a variable of interest in the general linear model implemented on tract-based spatial statistics. White matter connectivity was constructed by a deterministic tractography and compared among the groups. RESULTS In comparison to the hearing group, the early-onset deaf group did not show any significant changes but the late-onset deaf group showed decreased FA and increased RD in the several white matter areas. AD in the late-onset deaf group was not significantly different compared with the hearing group. The regions included the corpus callosum, posterior and superior corona radiata, internal capsule, posterior thalamic radiation, superior longitudinal fasciculus, and tapetum of the right hemisphere. Increased RD was also additionally observed in the right external capsule, fornix, and cerebral peduncle. The onset age or duration of deafness was not significantly correlated with the white matter integrity in the early-onset deaf group. In contrast, the onset age showed a significantly positive correlation with the RD, and a negative correlation with the FA, in the late-onset deaf group. The correlated white matter areas were also similar to the findings of comparison with the hearing group. In comparison to the hearing group, the early-onset deaf group did not show altered white matter connectivity, while the late-onset deaf group showed decreased white matter connectivity in between the right lingual and hippocampal areas. CONCLUSIONS The present results suggest that late-onset deaf adults showed decreased FA and increased RD, and early-onset deaf adults showed no difference compared with the hearing group. In the late-onset deaf adults, onset-age showed a significantly positive correlation with RD and negative correlation with FA. Duration of deafness was not significantly correlated with the changes. Increased RD indicating demyelination occurred in the brain, and the changes were not limited to the auditory cortex but expanded to almost whole brain areas, suggesting significant effect of auditory deprivation on the brain later in life. The altered white matter connectivity in between the right limbic-occipital areas observed in the late-onset deaf group might be caused by altered language functions after auditory deprivation. Future studies are necessary incorporating functional and anatomical aspects of the brain changes in deaf group.
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Crossmodal reorganisation in deafness: Mechanisms for functional preservation and functional change. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 113:227-237. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mowad TG, Willett AE, Mahmoudian M, Lipin M, Heinecke A, Maguire AM, Bennett J, Ashtari M. Compensatory Cross-Modal Plasticity Persists After Sight Restoration. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:291. [PMID: 32477041 PMCID: PMC7235304 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sensory deprivation prompts extensive structural and functional reorganizations of the cortex resulting in the occupation of space for the lost sense by the intact sensory systems. This process, known as cross-modal plasticity, has been widely studied in individuals with vision or hearing loss. However, little is known on the neuroplastic changes in restoring the deprived sense. Some reports consider the cross-modal functionality maladaptive to the return of the original sense, and others view this as a critical process in maintaining the neurons of the deprived sense active and operational. These controversial views have been challenged in both auditory and vision restoration reports for decades. Recently with the approval of Luxturna as the first retinal gene therapy (GT) drug to reverse blindness, there is a renewed interest for the crucial role of cross-modal plasticity on sight restoration. Employing a battery of task and resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI), in comparison to a group of sighted controls, we tracked the functional changes in response to auditory and visual stimuli and at rest, in a group of patients with biallelic mutations in the RPE65 gene (“RPE65 patients”) before and 3 years after GT. While the sighted controls did not present any evidence for auditory cross-modal plasticity, robust responses to the auditory stimuli were found in occipital cortex of the RPE65 patients overlapping visual responses and significantly elevated 3 years after GT. The rsfMRI results showed significant connectivity between the auditory and visual areas for both groups albeit attenuated in patients at baseline but enhanced 3 years after GT. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that (1) RPE65 patients present with an auditory cross-modal component; (2) visual and non-visual responses of the visual cortex are considerably enhanced after vision restoration; and (3) auditory cross-modal functions did not adversely affect the success of vision restitution. We hypothesize that following GT, to meet the demand for the newly established retinal signals, remaining or dormant visual neurons are revived or unmasked for greater participation. These neurons or a subset of these neurons respond to both the visual and non-visual demands and further strengthen connectivity between the auditory and visual cortices.
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- Theresa G Mowad
- Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Center for Advanced Retinal and Ocular Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Altered Gray Matter Volume and White Matter Integrity in Sensorineural Hearing Loss Patients: A VBM and TBSS Study. Otol Neurotol 2020; 40:e569-e574. [PMID: 31157719 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to detect structural changes in the brains of patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) by combining voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS). METHODS Thirty-five patients with SNHL (mean age: 39.72 ± 1.81 yr) and 23 age-matched control subjects (mean age: 39.83 ± 1.96 yr) were assessed using three-dimensional, T1-weighted imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging. TBSS and VBM analyses were performed to evaluate grey matter (GM) volume changes and white matter (WM) alternations, as measured by mean diffusivity (MD), fractional anisotropy (FA), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD). RESULTS VBM showed decreased GM volume in patients with SNHL in the fusiform gyrus of the right temporal lobe and right middle occipital gyrus. TBSS revealed WM integrity changes, including decreased FA and RD and increased RD in several WM regions. However, MD showed no significant difference between patients with SNHL and age-matched controls. CONCLUSION Patients with SNHL showed smaller GM volume and WM integrity changes in several regions.
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Ratnanather JT. Structural neuroimaging of the altered brain stemming from pediatric and adolescent hearing loss-Scientific and clinical challenges. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2019; 12:e1469. [PMID: 31802640 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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There has been a spurt in structural neuroimaging studies of the effect of hearing loss on the brain. Specifically, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) technologies provide an opportunity to quantify changes in gray and white matter structures at the macroscopic scale. To date, there have been 32 MRI and 23 DTI studies that have analyzed structural differences accruing from pre- or peri-lingual pediatric hearing loss with congenital or early onset etiology and postlingual hearing loss in pre-to-late adolescence. Additionally, there have been 15 prospective clinical structural neuroimaging studies of children and adolescents being evaluated for cochlear implants. The results of the 70 studies are summarized in two figures and three tables. Plastic changes in the brain are seen to be multifocal rather than diffuse, that is, differences are consistent across regions implicated in the hearing, speech and language networks regardless of modes of communication and amplification. Structures in that play an important role in cognition are affected to a lesser extent. A limitation of these studies is the emphasis on volumetric measures and on homogeneous groups of subjects with hearing loss. It is suggested that additional measures of morphometry and connectivity could contribute to a greater understanding of the effect of hearing loss on the brain. Then an interpretation of the observed macroscopic structural differences is given. This is followed by discussion of how structural imaging can be combined with functional imaging to provide biomarkers for longitudinal tracking of amplification. This article is categorized under: Developmental Biology > Developmental Processes in Health and Disease Translational, Genomic, and Systems Medicine > Translational Medicine Laboratory Methods and Technologies > Imaging.
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- J Tilak Ratnanather
- Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.,Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Early general development and central auditory system maturation in children with cochlear implants - A case series. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019; 126:109625. [PMID: 31442872 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES A cochlear implant (CI) has the potential to improve the functioning of a deaf child in many aspects. Nevertheless, the dynamics of the general development, beyond the typically measured language abilities, directly after CI, is still unknown, especially if a child is implanted early. In this study we present a methodological framework for assessment of different domains of development, as well as the central auditory nervous system (CANS) maturation in infants and toddlers with a CI. METHODS Three children with bilateral congenital hearing loss and a unilateral CI, aged below 2.5 years, participated in a longitudinal study. Children were tested at three time points after cochlear implantation using the Polish Children Development Scale (CDS) consisting of a comprehensive battery of tests, as well as recordings of Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials (CAEP). RESULTS All three children revealed gradual improvement in the overall CDS result as well as most of the CDS subscales. After 9 months of CI experience two younger children showed age-appropriate performance. In CAEP measurements a decrease of latency of the P1 component (an established biomarker of cortical auditory maturation) was observed in the same two children, with one achieving normal ranges of P1 latency after 9 months of CI use. CONCLUSIONS Our novel methodological framework can be successfully applied in small children with cochlear implants. It contributes to better understanding of the general development in early implanted children. The preliminary results indicate variability in children's performance in various developmental domains and thus the need to monitor the development of each child individually and holistically.
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Macharadze T, Budinger E, Brosch M, Scheich H, Ohl FW, Henschke JU. Early Sensory Loss Alters the Dendritic Branching and Spine Density of Supragranular Pyramidal Neurons in Rodent Primary Sensory Cortices. Front Neural Circuits 2019; 13:61. [PMID: 31611778 PMCID: PMC6773815 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Multisensory integration in primary auditory (A1), visual (V1), and somatosensory cortex (S1) is substantially mediated by their direct interconnections and by thalamic inputs across the sensory modalities. We have previously shown in rodents (Mongolian gerbils) that during postnatal development, the anatomical and functional strengths of these crossmodal and also of sensory matched connections are determined by early auditory, somatosensory, and visual experience. Because supragranular layer III pyramidal neurons are major targets of corticocortical and thalamocortical connections, we investigated in this follow-up study how the loss of early sensory experience changes their dendritic morphology. Gerbils were sensory deprived early in development by either bilateral sciatic nerve transection at postnatal day (P) 5, ototoxic inner hair cell damage at P10, or eye enucleation at P10. Sholl and branch order analyses of Golgi-stained layer III pyramidal neurons at P28, which demarcates the end of the sensory critical period in this species, revealed that visual and somatosensory deprivation leads to a general increase of apical and basal dendritic branching in A1, V1, and S1. In contrast, dendritic branching, particularly of apical dendrites, decreased in all three areas following auditory deprivation. Generally, the number of spines, and consequently spine density, along the apical and basal dendrites decreased in both sensory deprived and non-deprived cortical areas. Therefore, we conclude that the loss of early sensory experience induces a refinement of corticocortical crossmodal and other cortical and thalamic connections by pruning of dendritic spines at the end of the critical period. Based on present and previous own results and on findings from the literature, we propose a scenario for multisensory development following early sensory loss.
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- Tamar Macharadze
- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Special Lab Primate Neurobiology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Emeritus Group Lifelong Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute for Biology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Qiao Y, Li X, Shen H, Zhang X, Sun Y, Hao W, Guo B, Ni D, Gao Z, Guo H, Shang Y. Downward cross-modal plasticity in single-sided deafness. Neuroimage 2019; 197:608-617. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, there has been an unprecedented level of interest and progress into understanding visual processing in the brain of the deaf. Specifically, when the brain is deprived of input from one sensory modality (such as hearing), it often compensates with supranormal performance in one or more of the intact sensory systems (such as vision). Recent psychophysical, functional imaging, and reversible deactivation studies have converged to define the specific visual abilities that are enhanced in the deaf, as well as the cortical loci that undergo crossmodal plasticity in the deaf and are responsible for mediating these superior visual functions. Examination of these investigations reveals that central visual functions, such as object and facial discrimination, and peripheral visual functions, such as motion detection, visual localization, visuomotor synchronization, and Vernier acuity (measured in the periphery), are specifically enhanced in the deaf, compared with hearing participants. Furthermore, the cortical loci identified to mediate these functions reside in deaf auditory cortex: BA 41, BA 42, and BA 22, in addition to the rostral area, planum temporale, Te3, and temporal voice area in humans; primary auditory cortex, anterior auditory field, dorsal zone of auditory cortex, auditory field of the anterior ectosylvian sulcus, and posterior auditory field in cats; and primary auditory cortex and anterior auditory field in both ferrets and mice. Overall, the findings from these studies show that crossmodal reorganization in auditory cortex of the deaf is responsible for the superior visual abilities of the deaf.
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Amadeo MB, Campus C, Pavani F, Gori M. Spatial Cues Influence Time Estimations in Deaf Individuals. iScience 2019; 19:369-377. [PMID: 31415998 PMCID: PMC6702436 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Recent studies have reported a strong interaction between spatial and temporal representation when visual experience is missing: blind people use temporal representation of events to represent spatial metrics. Given the superiority of audition on time perception, we hypothesized that when audition is not available complex temporal representations could be impaired, and spatial representation of events could be used to build temporal metrics. To test this hypothesis, deaf and hearing subjects were tested with a visual temporal task where conflicting and not conflicting spatiotemporal information was delivered. As predicted, we observed a strong deficit of deaf participants when only temporal cues were useful and space was uninformative with respect to time. However, the deficit disappeared when coherent spatiotemporal cues were presented and increased for conflicting spatiotemporal stimuli. These results highlight that spatial cues influence time estimations in deaf participants, suggesting that deaf individuals use spatial information to infer temporal environmental coordinates.
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- Maria Bianca Amadeo
- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via E. Melen, 83, 16152 Genova, Italy; Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, Università degli Studi di Genova, via all'Opera Pia, 13, 16145 Genova, Italy.
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via E. Melen, 83, 16152 Genova, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, CIMeC, University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, Italy; Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento, Corso Bettini 81, 38068 Rovereto, Italy; Centre de Recherche en Neuroscience de Lyon (CNRL), IMPACT, Avenue du doyen Lèpine 16, 69500 Bron, France
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- U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via E. Melen, 83, 16152 Genova, Italy
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Kral A, Dorman MF, Wilson BS. Neuronal Development of Hearing and Language: Cochlear Implants and Critical Periods. Annu Rev Neurosci 2019; 42:47-65. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-080317-061513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The modern cochlear implant (CI) is the most successful neural prosthesis developed to date. CIs provide hearing to the profoundly hearing impaired and allow the acquisition of spoken language in children born deaf. Results from studies enabled by the CI have provided new insights into ( a) minimal representations at the periphery for speech reception, ( b) brain mechanisms for decoding speech presented in quiet and in acoustically adverse conditions, ( c) the developmental neuroscience of language and hearing, and ( d) the mechanisms and time courses of intramodal and cross-modal plasticity. Additionally, the results have underscored the interconnectedness of brain functions and the importance of top-down processes in perception and learning. The findings are described in this review with emphasis on the developing brain and the acquisition of hearing and spoken language.
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- Andrej Kral
- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology, ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical University, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75080, USA
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75080, USA
- School of Medicine and Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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Compensatory Plasticity in the Lateral Extrastriate Visual Cortex Preserves Audiovisual Temporal Processing following Adult-Onset Hearing Loss. Neural Plast 2019; 2019:7946987. [PMID: 31223309 PMCID: PMC6541963 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7946987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Partial hearing loss can cause neurons in the auditory and audiovisual cortices to increase their responsiveness to visual stimuli; however, behavioral studies in hearing-impaired humans and rats have found that the perceptual ability to accurately judge the relative timing of auditory and visual stimuli is largely unaffected. To investigate the neurophysiological basis of how audiovisual temporal acuity may be preserved in the presence of hearing loss-induced crossmodal plasticity, we exposed adult rats to loud noise and two weeks later performed in vivo electrophysiological recordings in two neighboring regions within the lateral extrastriate visual (V2L) cortex—a multisensory zone known to be responsive to audiovisual stimuli (V2L-Mz) and a predominantly auditory zone (V2L-Az). To examine the cortical layer-specific effects at the level of postsynaptic potentials, a current source density (CSD) analysis was applied to the local field potential (LFP) data recorded in response to auditory and visual stimuli presented at various stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs). As predicted, differential effects were observed in the neighboring cortical regions' postnoise exposure. Most notably, an analysis of the strength of multisensory response interactions revealed that V2L-Mz lost its sensitivity to the relative timing of the auditory and visual stimuli, due to an increased responsiveness to visual stimulation that produced a prominent audiovisual response irrespective of the SOA. In contrast, not only did the V2L-Az in noise-exposed rats become more responsive to visual stimuli but neurons in this region also inherited the capacity to process audiovisual stimuli with the temporal precision and specificity that was previously restricted to the V2L-Mz. Thus, the present study provides the first demonstration that audiovisual temporal processing can be preserved following moderate hearing loss via compensatory plasticity in the higher-order sensory cortices that is ultimately characterized by a functional transition in the cortical region capable of temporal sensitivity.
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Microstructural Alterations in the Brains of Adults With Prelingual Sensorineural Hearing Loss: a Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging Study. Otol Neurotol 2018; 39:e936-e943. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000002000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Benetti S, Novello L, Maffei C, Rabini G, Jovicich J, Collignon O. White matter connectivity between occipital and temporal regions involved in face and voice processing in hearing and early deaf individuals. Neuroimage 2018; 179:263-274. [PMID: 29908936 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Neuroplasticity following sensory deprivation has long inspired neuroscience research in the quest of understanding how sensory experience and genetics interact in developing the brain functional and structural architecture. Many studies have shown that sensory deprivation can lead to cross-modal functional recruitment of sensory deprived cortices. Little is known however about how structural reorganization may support these functional changes. In this study, we examined early deaf, hearing signer and hearing non-signer individuals using diffusion MRI to evaluate the potential structural connectivity linked to the functional recruitment of the temporal voice area by face stimuli in deaf individuals. More specifically, we characterized the structural connectivity between occipital, fusiform and temporal regions typically supporting voice- and face-selective processing. Despite the extensive functional reorganization for face processing in the temporal cortex of the deaf, macroscopic properties of these connections did not differ across groups. However, both occipito- and fusiform-temporal connections showed significant microstructural changes between groups (fractional anisotropy reduction, radial diffusivity increase). We propose that the reorganization of temporal regions after early auditory deprivation builds on intrinsic and mainly preserved anatomical connectivity between functionally specific temporal and occipital regions.
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- Stefania Benetti
- Center for Mind/Brain Studies, University of Trento, 38123, Trento, Italy.
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- Center for Mind/Brain Studies, University of Trento, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, 01129, USA
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- Center for Mind/Brain Studies, University of Trento, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Studies, University of Trento, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- Center for Mind/Brain Studies, University of Trento, 38123, Trento, Italy; Institute of Research in Psychology (IPSY) and in Neuroscience (IoNS), University of Louvain, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Land R, Radecke JO, Kral A. Congenital Deafness Reduces, But Does Not Eliminate Auditory Responsiveness in Cat Extrastriate Visual Cortex. Neuroscience 2018; 375:149-157. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.01.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Zaltz Y, Goldsworthy RL, Kishon-Rabin L, Eisenberg LS. Voice Discrimination by Adults with Cochlear Implants: the Benefits of Early Implantation for Vocal-Tract Length Perception. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2018; 19:193-209. [PMID: 29313147 PMCID: PMC5878152 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-017-0653-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Cochlear implant (CI) users find it extremely difficult to discriminate between talkers, which may partially explain why they struggle to understand speech in a multi-talker environment. Recent studies, based on findings with postlingually deafened CI users, suggest that these difficulties may stem from their limited use of vocal-tract length (VTL) cues due to the degraded spectral resolution transmitted by the CI device. The aim of the present study was to assess the ability of adult CI users who had no prior acoustic experience, i.e., prelingually deafened adults, to discriminate between resynthesized "talkers" based on either fundamental frequency (F0) cues, VTL cues, or both. Performance was compared to individuals with normal hearing (NH), listening either to degraded stimuli, using a noise-excited channel vocoder, or non-degraded stimuli. Results show that (a) age of implantation was associated with VTL but not F0 cues in discriminating between talkers, with improved discrimination for those subjects who were implanted at earlier age; (b) there was a positive relationship for the CI users between VTL discrimination and speech recognition score in quiet and in noise, but not with frequency discrimination or cognitive abilities; (c) early-implanted CI users showed similar voice discrimination ability as the NH adults who listened to vocoded stimuli. These data support the notion that voice discrimination is limited by the speech processing of the CI device. However, they also suggest that early implantation may facilitate sensory-driven tonotopicity and/or improve higher-order auditory functions, enabling better perception of VTL spectral cues for voice discrimination.
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- Yael Zaltz
- Department of Communication Disorders, Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
- USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Communication Disorders, Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Henschke JU, Oelschlegel AM, Angenstein F, Ohl FW, Goldschmidt J, Kanold PO, Budinger E. Early sensory experience influences the development of multisensory thalamocortical and intracortical connections of primary sensory cortices. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 223:1165-1190. [PMID: 29094306 PMCID: PMC5871574 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1549-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The nervous system integrates information from multiple senses. This multisensory integration already occurs in primary sensory cortices via direct thalamocortical and corticocortical connections across modalities. In humans, sensory loss from birth results in functional recruitment of the deprived cortical territory by the spared senses but the underlying circuit changes are not well known. Using tracer injections into primary auditory, somatosensory, and visual cortex within the first postnatal month of life in a rodent model (Mongolian gerbil) we show that multisensory thalamocortical connections emerge before corticocortical connections but mostly disappear during development. Early auditory, somatosensory, or visual deprivation increases multisensory connections via axonal reorganization processes mediated by non-lemniscal thalamic nuclei and the primary areas themselves. Functional single-photon emission computed tomography of regional cerebral blood flow reveals altered stimulus-induced activity and higher functional connectivity specifically between primary areas in deprived animals. Together, we show that intracortical multisensory connections are formed as a consequence of sensory-driven multisensory thalamocortical activity and that spared senses functionally recruit deprived cortical areas by an altered development of sensory thalamocortical and corticocortical connections. The functional-anatomical changes after early sensory deprivation have translational implications for the therapy of developmental hearing loss, blindness, and sensory paralysis and might also underlie developmental synesthesia.
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- Julia U Henschke
- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Within the Helmholtz Association, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Group Neuropharmacology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Functional Neuroimaging Group, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Within the Helmholtz Association, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany.
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Visual Temporal Acuity Is Related to Auditory Speech Perception Abilities in Cochlear Implant Users. Ear Hear 2018; 38:236-243. [PMID: 27764001 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Despite significant improvements in speech perception abilities following cochlear implantation, many prelingually deafened cochlear implant (CI) recipients continue to rely heavily on visual information to develop speech and language. Increased reliance on visual cues for understanding spoken language could lead to the development of unique audiovisual integration and visual-only processing abilities in these individuals. Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that good CI performers, as indexed by auditory-only speech perception abilities, have different patterns of visual cortex activation in response to visual and auditory stimuli as compared with poor CI performers. However, no studies have examined whether speech perception performance is related to any type of visual processing abilities following cochlear implantation. The purpose of the present study was to provide a preliminary examination of the relationship between clinical, auditory-only speech perception tests, and visual temporal acuity in prelingually deafened adult CI users. It was hypothesized that prelingually deafened CI users, who exhibit better (i.e., more acute) visual temporal processing abilities would demonstrate better auditory-only speech perception performance than those with poorer visual temporal acuity. DESIGN Ten prelingually deafened adult CI users were recruited for this study. Participants completed a visual temporal order judgment task to quantify visual temporal acuity. To assess auditory-only speech perception abilities, participants completed the consonant-nucleus-consonant word recognition test and the AzBio sentence recognition test. Results were analyzed using two-tailed partial Pearson correlations, Spearman's rho correlations, and independent samples t tests. RESULTS Visual temporal acuity was significantly correlated with auditory-only word and sentence recognition abilities. In addition, proficient CI users, as assessed via auditory-only speech perception performance, demonstrated significantly better visual temporal acuity than nonproficient CI users. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide the first behavioral evidence that visual temporal acuity is related to post implantation CI proficiency as indexed by auditory-only speech perception performance. These preliminary data bring to light the possible future role of visual temporal acuity in predicting CI outcomes before implantation, as well as the possible utility of visual training methods in improving CI outcomes.
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Yusuf PA, Hubka P, Tillein J, Kral A. Induced cortical responses require developmental sensory experience. Brain 2017; 140:3153-3165. [PMID: 29155975 PMCID: PMC5841147 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Sensory areas of the cerebral cortex integrate the sensory inputs with the ongoing activity. We studied how complete absence of auditory experience affects this process in a higher mammal model of complete sensory deprivation, the congenitally deaf cat. Cortical responses were elicited by intracochlear electric stimulation using cochlear implants in adult hearing controls and deaf cats. Additionally, in hearing controls, acoustic stimuli were used to assess the effect of stimulus mode (electric versus acoustic) on the cortical responses. We evaluated time-frequency representations of local field potential recorded simultaneously in the primary auditory cortex and a higher-order area, the posterior auditory field, known to be differentially involved in cross-modal (visual) reorganization in deaf cats. The results showed the appearance of evoked (phase-locked) responses at early latencies (<100 ms post-stimulus) and more abundant induced (non-phase-locked) responses at later latencies (>150 ms post-stimulus). In deaf cats, substantially reduced induced responses were observed in overall power as well as duration in both investigated fields. Additionally, a reduction of ongoing alpha band activity was found in the posterior auditory field (but not in primary auditory cortex) of deaf cats. The present study demonstrates that induced activity requires developmental experience and suggests that higher-order areas involved in the cross-modal reorganization show more auditory deficits than primary areas.
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- Prasandhya Astagiri Yusuf
- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology, ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology, ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology, ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Germany.,ENT Clinics, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology and Department of Experimental Otology, ENT Clinics, Hannover Medical School, Germany.,School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
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Stolzberg D, Butler BE, Lomber SG. Effects of neonatal deafness on resting-state functional network connectivity. Neuroimage 2017; 165:69-82. [PMID: 28988830 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Normal brain development depends on early sensory experience. Behavioral consequences of brain maturation in the absence of sensory input early in life are well documented. For example, experiments with mature, neonatally deaf human or animal subjects have revealed improved peripheral visual motion detection and spatial localization abilities. Such supranormal behavioral abilities in the nondeprived sensory modality are evidence of compensatory plasticity occurring in deprived brain regions at some point or throughout development. Sensory deprived brain regions may simply become unused neural real-estate resulting in a loss of function. Compensatory plasticity and loss of function are likely reflected in the differences in correlations between brain networks in deaf compared with hearing subjects. To address this, we used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in lightly anesthetized hearing and neonatally deafened cats. Group independent component analysis (ICA) was used to identify 20 spatially distinct brain networks across all animals including auditory, visual, somatosensory, cingulate, insular, cerebellar, and subcortical networks. The resulting group ICA components were back-reconstructed to individual animal brains. The maximum correlations between the time-courses associated with each spatial component were computed using functional network connectivity (FNC). While no significant differences in the delay to peak correlations were identified between hearing and deaf cats, we observed 10 (of 190) significant differences in the amplitudes of between-network correlations. Six of the significant differences involved auditory-related networks and four involved visual, cingulate, or somatosensory networks. The results are discussed in context of known behavioral, electrophysiological, and anatomical differences following neonatal deafness. Furthermore, these results identify novel targets for future investigations at the neuronal level.
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- Daniel Stolzberg
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1, Canada; Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1, Canada; Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1, Canada; Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada; National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6G 1H1, Canada.
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Berger C, Kühne D, Scheper V, Kral A. Congenital deafness affects deep layers in primary and secondary auditory cortex. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525. [PMID: 28643417 PMCID: PMC5599951 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Congenital deafness leads to functional deficits in the auditory cortex for which early cochlear implantation can effectively compensate. Most of these deficits have been demonstrated functionally. Furthermore, the majority of previous studies on deafness have involved the primary auditory cortex; knowledge of higher-order areas is limited to effects of cross-modal reorganization. In this study, we compared the cortical cytoarchitecture of four cortical areas in adult hearing and congenitally deaf cats (CDCs): the primary auditory field A1, two secondary auditory fields, namely the dorsal zone and second auditory field (A2); and a reference visual association field (area 7) in the same section stained either using Nissl or SMI-32 antibodies. The general cytoarchitectonic pattern and the area-specific characteristics in the auditory cortex remained unchanged in animals with congenital deafness. Whereas area 7 did not differ between the groups investigated, all auditory fields were slightly thinner in CDCs, this being caused by reduced thickness of layers IV-VI. The study documents that, while the cytoarchitectonic patterns are in general independent of sensory experience, reduced layer thickness is observed in both primary and higher-order auditory fields in layer IV and infragranular layers. The study demonstrates differences in effects of congenital deafness between supragranular and other cortical layers, but similar dystrophic effects in all investigated auditory fields.
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- Christoph Berger
- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology & Department of Experimental OtologyENT Clinics, School of Medicine, Hannover Medical UniversityHannoverGermany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology & Department of Experimental OtologyENT Clinics, School of Medicine, Hannover Medical UniversityHannoverGermany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology & Department of Experimental OtologyENT Clinics, School of Medicine, Hannover Medical UniversityHannoverGermany
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- Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology & Department of Experimental OtologyENT Clinics, School of Medicine, Hannover Medical UniversityHannoverGermany
- School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesThe University of TexasDallasUSA
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Chen LC, Puschmann S, Debener S. Increased cross-modal functional connectivity in cochlear implant users. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10043. [PMID: 28855675 PMCID: PMC5577186 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10792-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Previous studies have reported increased cross-modal auditory and visual cortical activation in cochlear implant (CI) users, suggesting cross-modal reorganization of both visual and auditory cortices in CI users as a consequence of sensory deprivation and restoration. How these processes affect the functional connectivity of the auditory and visual system in CI users is however unknown. We here investigated task-induced intra-modal functional connectivity between hemispheres for both visual and auditory cortices and cross-modal functional connectivity between visual and auditory cortices using functional near infrared spectroscopy in post-lingually deaf CI users and age-matched normal hearing controls. Compared to controls, CI users exhibited decreased intra-modal functional connectivity between hemispheres and increased cross-modal functional connectivity between visual and left auditory cortices for both visual and auditory stimulus processing. Importantly, the difference between cross-modal functional connectivity for visual and for auditory stimuli correlated with speech recognition outcome in CI users. Higher cross-modal connectivity for auditory than for visual stimuli was associated with better speech recognition abilities, pointing to a new pattern of functional reorganization that is related to successful hearing restoration with a CI.
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- Ling-Chia Chen
- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany. .,Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, Oldenburg, Germany.,Biological Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European medical school, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, European Medical School, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, Oldenburg, Germany.,Research Center Neurosensory Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Cross-Modal Plasticity in Higher-Order Auditory Cortex of Congenitally Deaf Cats Does Not Limit Auditory Responsiveness to Cochlear Implants. J Neurosci 2017; 36:6175-85. [PMID: 27277796 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0046-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Congenital sensory deprivation can lead to reorganization of the deprived cortical regions by another sensory system. Such cross-modal reorganization may either compete with or complement the "original" inputs to the deprived area after sensory restoration and can thus be either adverse or beneficial for sensory restoration. In congenital deafness, a previous inactivation study documented that supranormal visual behavior was mediated by higher-order auditory fields in congenitally deaf cats (CDCs). However, both the auditory responsiveness of "deaf" higher-order fields and interactions between the reorganized and the original sensory input remain unknown. Here, we studied a higher-order auditory field responsible for the supranormal visual function in CDCs, the auditory dorsal zone (DZ). Hearing cats and visual cortical areas served as a control. Using mapping with microelectrode arrays, we demonstrate spatially scattered visual (cross-modal) responsiveness in the DZ, but show that this did not interfere substantially with robust auditory responsiveness elicited through cochlear implants. Visually responsive and auditory-responsive neurons in the deaf auditory cortex formed two distinct populations that did not show bimodal interactions. Therefore, cross-modal plasticity in the deaf higher-order auditory cortex had limited effects on auditory inputs. The moderate number of scattered cross-modally responsive neurons could be the consequence of exuberant connections formed during development that were not pruned postnatally in deaf cats. Although juvenile brain circuits are modified extensively by experience, the main driving input to the cross-modally (visually) reorganized higher-order auditory cortex remained auditory in congenital deafness. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In a common view, the "unused" auditory cortex of deaf individuals is reorganized to a compensatory sensory function during development. According to this view, cross-modal plasticity takes over the unused cortex and reassigns it to the remaining senses. Therefore, cross-modal plasticity might conflict with restoration of auditory function with cochlear implants. It is unclear whether the cross-modally reorganized auditory areas lose auditory responsiveness. We show that the presence of cross-modal plasticity in a higher-order auditory area does not reduce auditory responsiveness of that area. Visual reorganization was moderate, spatially scattered and there were no interactions between cross-modally reorganized visual and auditory inputs. These results indicate that cross-modal reorganization is less detrimental for neurosensory restoration than previously thought.
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Synaptic distribution and plasticity in primary auditory cortex (A1) exhibits laminar and cell-specific changes in the deaf. Hear Res 2017; 353:122-134. [PMID: 28697947 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The processing sequence through primary auditory cortex (A1) is impaired by deafness as evidenced by reduced neuronal activation in A1 of cochlear-implanted deaf cats. Such a loss of neuronal excitation should be manifest as changes in excitatory synaptic number and/or size, for which the post-synaptic correlate is the dendritic spine. Therefore, the present study sought evidence for this functional disruption using Golgi-Cox/light microscopic techniques that examined spine-bearing neurons and their dendritic spine features across all laminae in A1 of early-deaf (ototoxic lesion <1 month; raised into adulthood >16 months) and hearing cats. Surprisingly, in the early-deaf significant increases in spine density and size were observed in the supragranular layers, while significant reductions in spine density were observed for spiny non-pyramidal, but not pyramidal, neurons in the granular layer. No changes in dendritic spine density consistent with loss of excitatory inputs were seen for infragranular neurons. These results indicate that long-term early-deafness induces plastic changes in the excitatory circuitry of A1 that are laminar and cell-specific. An additional finding was that, unlike the expected abundance of stellate neurons that characterize the granular layer of other primary sensory cortices, pyramidal neurons predominate within layer 4 of A1. Collectively, these observations are important for understanding how neuronal connectional configurations contribute to region-specific processing capabilities in normal brains as well as those with altered sensory experiences.
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Pernia M, Estevez S, Poveda C, Plaza I, Carro J, Juiz JM, Merchan MA. c-Fos and Arc/Arg3.1 expression in auditory and visual cortices after hearing loss: Evidence of sensory crossmodal reorganization in adult rats. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:2677-2689. [PMID: 28472857 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Cross-modal reorganization in the auditory and visual cortices has been reported after hearing and visual deficits mostly during the developmental period, possibly underlying sensory compensation mechanisms. However, there are very few data on the existence or nature and timeline of such reorganization events during sensory deficits in adulthood. In this study, we assessed long-term changes in activity-dependent immediate early genes c-Fos and Arc/Arg3.1 in auditory and neighboring visual cortical areas after bilateral deafness in young adult rats. Specifically, we analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively c-Fos and Arc/Arg3.1 immunoreactivity at 15 and 90 days after cochlea removal. We report extensive, global loss of c-Fos and Arc/Arg3.1 immunoreactive neurons in the auditory cortex 15 days after permanent auditory deprivation in adult rats, which is partly reversed 90 days after deafness. Simultaneously, the number and labeling intensity of c-Fos- and Arc/Arg3.1-immunoreactive neurons progressively increase in neighboring visual cortical areas from 2 weeks after deafness and these changes stabilize three months after inducing the cochlear lesion. These findings support plastic, compensatory, long-term changes in activity in the auditory and visual cortices after auditory deprivation in the adult rats. Further studies may clarify whether those changes result in perceptual potentiation of visual drives on auditory regions of the adult cortex.
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- M Pernia
- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León (Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León - INCYL), University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca - US), Salamanca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León (Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León - INCYL), University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca - US), Salamanca, Spain
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- School of Medicine of Albacete, Institute for Research in Neurological Disabilities (Instituto de Investigación en Discapacidades Neurológicas - IDINE), University of Castilla-La Mancha (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha - UCLM), Albacete, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León (Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León - INCYL), University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca - US), Salamanca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León (Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León - INCYL), University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca - US), Salamanca, Spain
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- School of Medicine of Albacete, Institute for Research in Neurological Disabilities (Instituto de Investigación en Discapacidades Neurológicas - IDINE), University of Castilla-La Mancha (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha - UCLM), Albacete, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León (Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León - INCYL), University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca - US), Salamanca, Spain
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Meredith MA, Clemo HR, Lomber SG. Is territorial expansion a mechanism for crossmodal plasticity? Eur J Neurosci 2017; 45:1165-1176. [PMID: 28370755 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Crossmodal plasticity is the phenomenon whereby, following sensory damage or deprivation, the lost sensory function of a brain region is replaced by one of the remaining senses. One of several proposed mechanisms for this phenomenon involves the expansion of a more active brain region at the expense of another whose sensory inputs have been damaged or lost. This territorial expansion hypothesis was examined in the present study. The cat ectosylvian visual area (AEV) borders the auditory field of the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (FAES), which becomes visually reorganized in the early deaf. If this crossmodal effect in the FAES is due to the expansion of the adjoining AEV into the territory of the FAES after hearing loss, then the reorganized FAES should exhibit connectional features characteristic of the AEV. However, tracer injections revealed significantly different patterns of cortical connectivity between the AEV and the early deaf FAES, and substantial cytoarchitectonic and behavioral distinctions occur as well. Therefore, the crossmodal reorganization of the FAES cannot be mechanistically attributed to the expansion of the adjoining cortical territory of the AEV and an overwhelming number of recent studies now support unmasking of existing connections as the operative mechanism underlying crossmodal plasticity.
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- M A Meredith
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1101 E. Marshall St., Sanger Hall Rm. 12-067, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1101 E. Marshall St., Sanger Hall Rm. 12-067, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, & Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Task Selectivity as a Comprehensive Principle for Brain Organization. Trends Cogn Sci 2017; 21:307-310. [PMID: 28385460 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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How do the anatomically consistent functional selectivities of the brain emerge? A new study by Bola and colleagues reveals task selectivity in auditory rhythm-selective areas in congenitally deaf adults perceiving visual rhythm sequences. Here, we contextualize this result with accumulating evidence from animal and human studies supporting sensory-independent task specializations as a comprehensive principle shaping brain (re)organization.
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Lomber SG. What is the function of auditory cortex when it develops in the absence of acoustic input? COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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