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Ji L, Borges BC, Martel DT, Wu C, Liberman MC, Shore SE, Corfas G. From hidden hearing loss to supranormal auditory processing by neurotrophin 3-mediated modulation of inner hair cell synapse density. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002665. [PMID: 38935589 PMCID: PMC11210788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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Loss of synapses between spiral ganglion neurons and inner hair cells (IHC synaptopathy) leads to an auditory neuropathy called hidden hearing loss (HHL) characterized by normal auditory thresholds but reduced amplitude of sound-evoked auditory potentials. It has been proposed that synaptopathy and HHL result in poor performance in challenging hearing tasks despite a normal audiogram. However, this has only been tested in animals after exposure to noise or ototoxic drugs, which can cause deficits beyond synaptopathy. Furthermore, the impact of supernumerary synapses on auditory processing has not been evaluated. Here, we studied mice in which IHC synapse counts were increased or decreased by altering neurotrophin 3 (Ntf3) expression in IHC supporting cells. As we previously showed, postnatal Ntf3 knockdown or overexpression reduces or increases, respectively, IHC synapse density and suprathreshold amplitude of sound-evoked auditory potentials without changing cochlear thresholds. We now show that IHC synapse density does not influence the magnitude of the acoustic startle reflex or its prepulse inhibition. In contrast, gap-prepulse inhibition, a behavioral test for auditory temporal processing, is reduced or enhanced according to Ntf3 expression levels. These results indicate that IHC synaptopathy causes temporal processing deficits predicted in HHL. Furthermore, the improvement in temporal acuity achieved by increasing Ntf3 expression and synapse density suggests a therapeutic strategy for improving hearing in noise for individuals with synaptopathy of various etiologies.
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- Lingchao Ji
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute and Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Wake N, Shiramatsu TI, Takahashi H. Map plasticity following noise exposure in auditory cortex of rats: implications for disentangling neural correlates of tinnitus and hyperacusis. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1385942. [PMID: 38881748 PMCID: PMC11176560 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1385942] [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: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Introduction Both tinnitus and hyperacusis, likely triggered by hearing loss, can be attributed to maladaptive plasticity in auditory perception. However, owing to their co-occurrence, disentangling their neural mechanisms proves difficult. We hypothesized that the neural correlates of tinnitus are associated with neural activities triggered by low-intensity tones, while hyperacusis is linked to responses to moderate- and high-intensity tones. Methods To test these hypotheses, we conducted behavioral and electrophysiological experiments in rats 2 to 8 days after traumatic tone exposure. Results In the behavioral experiments, prepulse and gap inhibition tended to exhibit different frequency characteristics (although not reaching sufficient statistical levels), suggesting that exposure to traumatic tones led to acute symptoms of hyperacusis and tinnitus at different frequency ranges. When examining the auditory cortex at the thalamocortical recipient layer, we observed that tinnitus symptoms correlated with a disorganized tonotopic map, typically characterized by responses to low-intensity tones. Neural correlates of hyperacusis were found in the cortical recruitment function at the multi-unit activity (MUA) level, but not at the local field potential (LFP) level, in response to moderate- and high-intensity tones. This shift from LFP to MUA was associated with a loss of monotonicity, suggesting a crucial role for inhibitory synapses. Discussion Thus, in acute symptoms of traumatic tone exposure, our experiments successfully disentangled the neural correlates of tinnitus and hyperacusis at the thalamocortical recipient layer of the auditory cortex. They also suggested that tinnitus is linked to central noise, whereas hyperacusis is associated with aberrant gain control. Further interactions between animal experiments and clinical studies will offer insights into neural mechanisms, diagnosis and treatments of tinnitus and hyperacusis, specifically in terms of long-term plasticity of chronic symptoms.
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- Naoki Wake
- Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Parameshwarappa V, Norena AJ. The effects of acute and chronic noise trauma on stimulus-evoked activity across primary auditory cortex layers. J Neurophysiol 2024; 131:225-240. [PMID: 38198658 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00427.2022] [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: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Exposure to intense noise environments is a major cause of sensorineural hearing loss and auditory perception disorders, such as tinnitus and hyperacusis, which may have a central origin. The effects of noise-induced hearing loss on the auditory cortex have been documented in many studies. One limitation of these studies, however, is that the effects of noise trauma have been mostly studied at the granular layer (i.e, the main cortical recipient of thalamic input), while the cortex is a very complex structure, with six different layers each having its own pattern of connectivity and role in sensory processing. The present study aims to investigate the effects of acute and chronic noise trauma on the laminar pattern of stimulus-evoked activity in the primary auditory cortex of the anesthetized guinea pig. We show that acute and chronic noise trauma are both followed by an increase in stimulus-evoked cortical responses, mostly in the granular and supragranular layers. The cortical responses are more monotonic as a function of the intensity level after noise trauma. There was minimal change, if any, in local field potential (LFP) amplitude after acute noise trauma, while LFP amplitude was enhanced after chronic noise trauma. Finally, LFP and the current source density analysis suggest that acute but more specifically chronic noise trauma is associated with the emergence of a new sink in the supragranular layer. This result suggests that supragranular layers become a major input recipient. We discuss the possible mechanisms and functional implications of these changes.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Our study shows that cortical activity is enhanced after trauma and that the sequence of cortical column activation during stimulus-evoked response is altered, i.e. the supragranular layer becomes a major input recipient. We speculate that these large cortical changes may play a key role in the auditory hypersensitivity (hyperacusis) that can be triggered after noise trauma in human subjects.
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- Vinay Parameshwarappa
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Bramhall NF, McMillan GP. Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans. Trends Hear 2024; 28:23312165241239541. [PMID: 38738337 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241239541] [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] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
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Cochlear synaptopathy, a form of cochlear deafferentation, has been demonstrated in a number of animal species, including non-human primates. Both age and noise exposure contribute to synaptopathy in animal models, indicating that it may be a common type of auditory dysfunction in humans. Temporal bone and auditory physiological data suggest that age and occupational/military noise exposure also lead to synaptopathy in humans. The predicted perceptual consequences of synaptopathy include tinnitus, hyperacusis, and difficulty with speech-in-noise perception. However, confirming the perceptual impacts of this form of cochlear deafferentation presents a particular challenge because synaptopathy can only be confirmed through post-mortem temporal bone analysis and auditory perception is difficult to evaluate in animals. Animal data suggest that deafferentation leads to increased central gain, signs of tinnitus and abnormal loudness perception, and deficits in temporal processing and signal-in-noise detection. If equivalent changes occur in humans following deafferentation, this would be expected to increase the likelihood of developing tinnitus, hyperacusis, and difficulty with speech-in-noise perception. Physiological data from humans is consistent with the hypothesis that deafferentation is associated with increased central gain and a greater likelihood of tinnitus perception, while human data on the relationship between deafferentation and hyperacusis is extremely limited. Many human studies have investigated the relationship between physiological correlates of deafferentation and difficulty with speech-in-noise perception, with mixed findings. A non-linear relationship between deafferentation and speech perception may have contributed to the mixed results. When differences in sample characteristics and study measurements are considered, the findings may be more consistent.
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- Naomi F Bramhall
- VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA
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Schiöth HB, Donzelli L, Arvidsson N, Williams MJ, Moulin TC. Evidence for Prepulse Inhibition of Visually Evoked Motor Response in Drosophila melanogaster. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12040635. [PMID: 37106835 PMCID: PMC10135638 DOI: 10.3390/biology12040635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is a widely investigated behavior to study the mechanisms of disorders such as anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar mania. PPI has been observed across various vertebrate and invertebrate species; however, it has not yet been reported in adult Drosophila melanogaster. In this study, we describe the first detection of PPI of visually evoked locomotor arousal in flies. To validate our findings, we demonstrate that PPI in Drosophila can be partially reverted by the N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist MK-801, known for inducing sensorimotor gating deficits in rodent models. Additionally, we show that the visually evoked response can be inhibited by multiple stimuli presentation, which can also be affected by MK-801. Given the versatility of Drosophila as a model organism for genetic screening and analysis, our results suggest that high-throughput behavioral screenings of adult flies can become a valuable tool for investigating the mechanisms behind PPI.
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- Helgi B Schiöth
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Experimental Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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Hayes SH, Beh K, Typlt M, Schormans AL, Stolzberg D, Allman BL. Using an appetitive operant conditioning paradigm to screen rats for tinnitus induced by intense sound exposure: Experimental considerations and interpretation. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1001619. [PMID: 36845432 PMCID: PMC9950262 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1001619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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In an effort to help elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying tinnitus in humans, researchers have often relied on animal models; a preclinical approach which ultimately required that behavioral paradigms be designed to reliably screen animals for tinnitus. Previously, we developed a two-alternative forced-choice (2AFC) paradigm for rats that allowed for the simultaneous recording of neural activity at the very moments when they were reporting the presence/absence of tinnitus. Because we first validated our paradigm in rats experiencing transient tinnitus following a high-dose of sodium salicylate, the present study now sought to evaluate its utility to screen for tinnitus caused by intense sound exposure; a common tinnitus-inducer in humans. More specifically, through a series of experimental protocols, we aimed to (1) conduct sham experiments to ensure that the paradigm was able to correctly classify control rats as not having tinnitus, (2) confirm the time course over which the behavioral testing could reliably be performed post-exposure to assess chronic tinnitus, and (3) determine if the paradigm was sensitive to the variable outcomes often observed after intense sound exposure (e.g., hearing loss with our without tinnitus). Ultimately, in accordance with our predictions, the 2AFC paradigm was indeed resistant to false-positive screening of rats for intense sound-induced tinnitus, and it was able to reveal variable tinnitus and hearing loss profiles in individual rats following intense sound exposure. Taken together, the present study documents the utility of our appetitive operant conditioning paradigm to assess acute and chronic sound-induced tinnitus in rats. Finally, based on our findings, we discuss important experimental considerations that will help ensure that our paradigm is able to provide a suitable platform for future investigations into the neural basis of tinnitus.
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- Sarah H. Hayes
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada,*Correspondence: Sarah H. Hayes,
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada,National Centre for Audiology, Elborn College, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada,Audifon GmbH & Co. KG, Kölleda, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada,National Centre for Audiology, Elborn College, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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McGill M, Hight AE, Watanabe YL, Parthasarathy A, Cai D, Clayton K, Hancock KE, Takesian A, Kujawa SG, Polley DB. Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma. eLife 2022; 11:e80015. [PMID: 36111669 PMCID: PMC9555866 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Neurons in sensory cortex exhibit a remarkable capacity to maintain stable firing rates despite large fluctuations in afferent activity levels. However, sudden peripheral deafferentation in adulthood can trigger an excessive, non-homeostatic cortical compensatory response that may underlie perceptual disorders including sensory hypersensitivity, phantom limb pain, and tinnitus. Here, we show that mice with noise-induced damage of the high-frequency cochlear base were behaviorally hypersensitive to spared mid-frequency tones and to direct optogenetic stimulation of auditory thalamocortical neurons. Chronic two-photon calcium imaging from ACtx pyramidal neurons (PyrNs) revealed an initial stage of spatially diffuse hyperactivity, hyper-correlation, and auditory hyperresponsivity that consolidated around deafferented map regions three or more days after acoustic trauma. Deafferented PyrN ensembles also displayed hypersensitive decoding of spared mid-frequency tones that mirrored behavioral hypersensitivity, suggesting that non-homeostatic regulation of cortical sound intensity coding following sensorineural loss may be an underlying source of auditory hypersensitivity. Excess cortical response gain after acoustic trauma was expressed heterogeneously among individual PyrNs, yet 40% of this variability could be accounted for by each cell's baseline response properties prior to acoustic trauma. PyrNs with initially high spontaneous activity and gradual monotonic intensity growth functions were more likely to exhibit non-homeostatic excess gain after acoustic trauma. This suggests that while cortical gain changes are triggered by reduced bottom-up afferent input, their subsequent stabilization is also shaped by their local circuit milieu, where indicators of reduced inhibition can presage pathological hyperactivity following sensorineural hearing loss.
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- Matthew McGill
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryBostonUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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Owoc MS, Rubio ME, Brockway B, Sadagopan S, Kandler K. Embryonic medial ganglionic eminence cells survive and integrate into the inferior colliculus of adult mice. Hear Res 2022; 420:108520. [PMID: 35617926 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Acoustic overexposure can lead to decreased inhibition in auditory centers, including the inferior colliculus (IC), and has been implicated in the development of central auditory pathologies. While systemic drugs that increase GABAergic transmission have been shown to provide symptomatic relief, their side effect profiles impose an upper-limit on the dose and duration of use. A treatment that locally increases inhibition in auditory nuclei could mitigate these side effects. One such approach could be transplantation of inhibitory precursor neurons derived from the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE). The present study investigated whether transplanted MGE cells can survive and integrate into the IC of non-noise exposed and noise exposed mice. MGE cells were harvested on embryonic days 12-14 and injected bilaterally into the IC of adult mice, with or without previous noise exposure. At one-week post transplantation, MGE cells possessed small, elongated soma and bipolar processes, characteristic of migrating cells. By 5 weeks, MGE cells exhibited a more mature morphology, with multiple branching processes and axons with boutons that stain positive for the vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT). The MGE survival rate after 14 weeks post transplantation was 1.7% in non-noise exposed subjects. MGE survival rate was not significantly affected by noise exposure (1.2%). In both groups the vast majority of transplanted MGE cells (>97%) expressed the vesicular GABA transporter. Furthermore, electronmicroscopic analysis indicated that transplanted MGE cells formed synapses with and received synaptic endings from host IC neurons. Acoustic stimulation lead to a significant increase in the percentage of endogenous inhibitory cells that express c-fos but had no effect on the percentage of c-fos expressing transplanted MGE cells. MGE cells were observed in the IC up to 22 weeks post transplantation, the longest time point investigated, suggesting long term survival and integration. These data provide the first evidence that transplantation of MGE cells is viable in the IC and provides a new strategy to explore treatment options for central hearing dysfunction following noise exposure.
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- Maryanna S Owoc
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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The blinking eye as a window into tinnitus: A new animal model of tinnitus in the macaque. Hear Res 2022; 420:108517. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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de Siqueira DVF, Strazza PS, Benites NM, Leão RM. Salicylate activates KATP channels and reduces spontaneous firing in glycinergic cartwheel neurons in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2022; 926:175026. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.175026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Koch L, Gaese BH, Nowotny M. Strain Comparison in Rats Differentiates Strain-Specific from More General Correlates of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2021; 23:59-73. [PMID: 34796410 PMCID: PMC8782999 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-021-00822-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Experiments in rodent animal models help to reveal the characteristics and underlying mechanisms of pathologies related to hearing loss such as tinnitus or hyperacusis. However, a reliable understanding is still lacking. Here, four different rat strains (Sprague Dawley, Wistar, Long Evans, and Lister Hooded) underwent comparative analysis of electrophysiological (auditory brainstem responses, ABRs) and behavioral measures after noise trauma induction to differentiate between strain-dependent trauma effects and more consistent changes across strains, such as frequency dependence or systematic temporal changes. Several hearing- and trauma-related characteristics were clearly strain-dependent. Lister Hooded rats had especially high hearing thresholds and were unable to detect a silent gap in continuous background noise but displayed the highest startle amplitudes. After noise exposure, ABR thresholds revealed a strain-dependent pattern of recovery. ABR waveforms varied in detail among rat strains, and the difference was most prominent at later peaks arising approximately 3.7 ms after stimulus onset. However, changes in ABR waveforms after trauma were small compared to consistent strain-dependent differences between individual waveform components. At the behavioral level, startle-based gap-prepulse inhibition (gap-PPI) was used to evaluate the occurrence and characteristics of tinnitus after noise exposure. A loss of gap-PPI was found in 33% of Wistar, 50% of Sprague Dawley, and 75% of Long Evans rats. Across strains, the most consistent characteristic was a frequency-specific pattern of the loss of gap-PPI, with the highest rates at approximately one octave above trauma. An additional range exhibiting loss of gap-PPI directly below trauma frequency was revealed in Sprague Dawley and Long Evans rats. Further research should focus on these frequency ranges when investigating the underlying mechanisms of tinnitus induction.
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- L Koch
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. .,Animal Physiology Group, Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany.
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Salvi R, Radziwon K, Manohar S, Auerbach B, Ding D, Liu X, Lau C, Chen YC, Chen GD. Review: Neural Mechanisms of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis in Acute Drug-Induced Ototoxicity. Am J Audiol 2021; 30:901-915. [PMID: 33465315 DOI: 10.1044/2020_aja-20-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Purpose Tinnitus and hyperacusis are debilitating conditions often associated with age-, noise-, and drug-induced hearing loss. Because of their subjective nature, the neural mechanisms that give rise to tinnitus and hyperacusis are poorly understood. Over the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in deciphering the biological bases for these disorders using animal models. Method Important advances in understanding the biological bases of tinnitus and hyperacusis have come from studies in which tinnitus and hyperacusis are consistently induced with a high dose of salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin. Results Salicylate induced a transient hearing loss characterized by a reduction in otoacoustic emissions, a moderate cochlear threshold shift, and a large reduction in the neural output of the cochlea. As the weak cochlear neural signals were relayed up the auditory pathway, they were progressively amplified so that the suprathreshold neural responses in the auditory cortex were much larger than normal. Excessive central gain (neural amplification), presumably resulting from diminished inhibition, is believed to contribute to hyperacusis and tinnitus. Salicylate also increased corticosterone stress hormone levels. Functional imaging studies indicated that salicylate increased spontaneous activity and enhanced functional connectivity between structures in the central auditory pathway and regions of the brain associated with arousal (reticular formation), emotion (amygdala), memory/spatial navigation (hippocampus), motor planning (cerebellum), and motor control (caudate/putamen). Conclusion These results suggest that tinnitus and hyperacusis arise from aberrant neural signaling in a complex neural network that includes both auditory and nonauditory structures.
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- Richard Salvi
- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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Herrmann B, Butler BE. Hearing loss and brain plasticity: the hyperactivity phenomenon. Brain Struct Funct 2021; 226:2019-2039. [PMID: 34100151 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02313-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Many aging adults experience some form of hearing problems that may arise from auditory peripheral damage. However, it has been increasingly acknowledged that hearing loss is not only a dysfunction of the auditory periphery but also results from changes within the entire auditory system, from periphery to cortex. Damage to the auditory periphery is associated with an increase in neural activity at various stages throughout the auditory pathway. Here, we review neurophysiological evidence of hyperactivity, auditory perceptual difficulties that may result from hyperactivity, and outline open conceptual and methodological questions related to the study of hyperactivity. We suggest that hyperactivity alters all aspects of hearing-including spectral, temporal, spatial hearing-and, in turn, impairs speech comprehension when background sound is present. By focusing on the perceptual consequences of hyperactivity and the potential challenges of investigating hyperactivity in humans, we hope to bring animal and human electrophysiologists closer together to better understand hearing problems in older adulthood.
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- Björn Herrmann
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada. .,Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology & The Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Biswas J, Pijewski RS, Makol R, Miramontes TG, Thompson BL, Kresic LC, Burghard AL, Oliver DL, Martinelli DC. C1ql1 is expressed in adult outer hair cells of the cochlea in a tonotopic gradient. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251412. [PMID: 33979385 PMCID: PMC8115824 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Hearing depends on the transduction of sounds into neural signals by the inner hair cells of the cochlea. Cochleae also have outer hair cells with unique electromotile properties that increase auditory sensitivity, but they are particularly susceptible to damage by intense noise exposure, ototoxic drugs, and aging. Although the outer hair cells have synapses on afferent neurons that project to the brain, the function of this neuronal circuit is unclear. Here, we created a novel mouse allele that inserts a fluorescent reporter at the C1ql1 locus which revealed gene expression in the outer hair cells and allowed creation of outer hair cell-specific C1ql1 knockout mice. We found that C1ql1 expression in outer hair cells corresponds to areas with the most sensitive frequencies of the mouse audiogram, and that it has an unexpected adolescence-onset developmental timing. No expression was observed in the inner hair cells. Since C1QL1 in the brain is made by neurons, transported anterogradely in axons, and functions in the synaptic cleft, C1QL1 may serve a similar function at the outer hair cell afferent synapse. Histological analyses revealed that C1ql1 conditional knockout cochleae may have reduced outer hair cell afferent synapse maintenance. However, auditory behavioral and physiological assays did not reveal a compelling phenotype. Nonetheless, this study identifies a potentially useful gene expressed in the cochlea and opens the door for future studies aimed at elucidating the function of C1QL1 and the function of the outer hair cell and its afferent neurons.
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- Joyshree Biswas
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
- The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS), Storrs, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
- The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS), Storrs, CT, United States of America
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Henton A, Tzounopoulos T. What's the buzz? The neuroscience and the treatment of tinnitus. Physiol Rev 2021; 101:1609-1632. [PMID: 33769102 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00029.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Tinnitus is a pervasive public health issue that affects ∼15% of the United States population. Similar estimates have also been shown on a global scale, with similar prevalence found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The severity of tinnitus is heterogeneous, ranging from mildly bothersome to extremely disruptive. In the United States, ∼10-20% of individuals who experience tinnitus report symptoms that severely reduce their quality of life. Due to the huge personal and societal burden, in the last 20 yr a concerted effort on basic and clinical research has significantly advanced our understanding and treatment of this disorder. Yet, neither full understanding, nor cure exists. We know that tinnitus is the persistent involuntary phantom percept of internally generated nonverbal indistinct noises and tones, which in most cases is initiated by acquired hearing loss and maintained only when this loss is coupled with distinct neuronal changes in auditory and extra-auditory brain networks. Yet, the exact mechanisms and patterns of neural activity that are necessary and sufficient for the perceptual generation and maintenance of tinnitus remain incompletely understood. Combinations of animal model and human research will be essential in filling these gaps. Nevertheless, the existing progress in investigating the neurophysiological mechanisms has improved current treatment and highlighted novel targets for drug development and clinical trials. The aim of this review is to thoroughly discuss the current state of human and animal tinnitus research, outline current challenges, and highlight new and exciting research opportunities.
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- A Henton
- Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center and Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Ventral cochlear nucleus bushy cells encode hyperacusis in guinea pigs. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20594. [PMID: 33244141 PMCID: PMC7693270 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77754-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Psychophysical studies characterize hyperacusis as increased loudness growth over a wide-frequency range, decreased tolerance to loud sounds and reduced behavioral reaction time latencies to high-intensity sounds. While commonly associated with hearing loss, hyperacusis can also occur without hearing loss, implicating the central nervous system in the generation of hyperacusis. Previous studies suggest that ventral cochlear nucleus bushy cells may be putative neural contributors to hyperacusis. Compared to other ventral cochlear nucleus output neurons, bushy cells show high firing rates as well as lower and less variable first-spike latencies at suprathreshold intensities. Following cochlear damage, bushy cells show increased spontaneous firing rates across a wide-frequency range, suggesting that they might also show increased sound-evoked responses and reduced latencies to higher-intensity sounds. However, no studies have examined bushy cells in relationship to hyperacusis. Herein, we test the hypothesis that bushy cells may contribute to the neural basis of hyperacusis by employing noise-overexposure and single-unit electrophysiology. We find that bushy cells exhibit hyperacusis-like neural firing patterns, which are comprised of enhanced sound-driven firing rates, reduced first-spike latencies and wideband increases in excitability.
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Prepulse Inhibition of the Auditory Startle Reflex Assessment as a Hallmark of Brainstem Sensorimotor Gating Mechanisms. Brain Sci 2020; 10:brainsci10090639. [PMID: 32947873 PMCID: PMC7563436 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10090639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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When a low-salience stimulus of any type of sensory modality-auditory, visual, tactile-immediately precedes an unexpected startle-like stimulus, such as the acoustic startle reflex, the startle motor reaction becomes less pronounced or is even abolished. This phenomenon is known as prepulse inhibition (PPI), and it provides a quantitative measure of central processing by filtering out irrelevant stimuli. As PPI implies plasticity of a reflex and is related to automatic or attentional processes, depending on the interstimulus intervals, this behavioral paradigm might be considered a potential marker of short- and long-term plasticity. Assessment of PPI is directly related to the examination of neural sensorimotor gating mechanisms, which are plastic-adaptive operations for preventing overstimulation and helping the brain to focus on a specific stimulus among other distracters. Despite their obvious importance in normal brain activity, little is known about the intimate physiology, circuitry, and neurochemistry of sensorimotor gating mechanisms. In this work, we extensively review the current literature focusing on studies that used state-of-the-art techniques to interrogate the neuroanatomy, connectomics, neurotransmitter-receptor functions, and sex-derived differences in the PPI process, and how we can harness it as biological marker in neurological and psychiatric pathology.
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Radziwon K, Salvi R. Using auditory reaction time to measure loudness growth in rats. Hear Res 2020; 395:108026. [PMID: 32668383 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that auditory reaction time (RT) is a reliable surrogate of loudness perception in humans. Reaction time-intensity (RT-I) functions faithfully recapitulate equal loudness contours in humans while being easier to obtain than equal loudness judgments, especially in animals. In humans, loudness estimation not only depends on sound intensity, but on a variety of other acoustic factors. Stimulus duration and bandwidth are known to impact loudness perception. In addition, the presence of background noise mimics loudness recruitment; loudness growth is rapid near threshold, but growth becomes normal at suprathreshold levels. Therefore, to evaluate whether RT-I functions are a reliable measure of loudness growth in rats, we obtained auditory RTs across a range of stimulus intensities, durations, and bandwidths, in both quiet and in the presence of background/masking noise. We found that reaction time patterns across stimulus parameters were repeatable over several months in rats and generally consistent with human loudness perceptual data. Our results provide important building blocks for future animal model studies of loudness perception and loudness perceptual disorders.
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- Kelly Radziwon
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
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Tinnitus is a common symptom. Standard therapies aim at improving the quality of life and reducing the psychological stress associated with tinnitus. Most interventions have little or no effect on the main symptom. Those affected subjects, however, want such a change and prefer a specific solution, such as pharmacologic therapy to other modalities. Scientific efforts have not yet led to significant improvement in the range of therapies. This article outlines existing efforts and develops ideas on how research for improved tinnitus therapy might look in the future.
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- Tobias Kleinjung
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, Zurich CH 8091, Switzerland.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Center, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 84, Regensburg D 93053, Germany
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Animal models have significantly contributed to understanding the pathophysiology of chronic subjective tinnitus. They are useful because they control etiology, which in humans is heterogeneous; employ random group assignment; and often use methods not permissible in human studies. Animal models can be broadly categorized as either operant or reflexive, based on methodology. Operant methods use variants of established psychophysical procedures to reveal what an animal hears. Reflexive methods do the same using elicited behavior, for example, the acoustic startle reflex. All methods contrast the absence of sound and presence of sound, because tinnitus cannot by definition be perceived as silence.
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Wong E, Radziwon K, Chen GD, Liu X, Manno FA, Manno SH, Auerbach B, Wu EX, Salvi R, Lau C. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of enhanced central auditory gain and electrophysiological correlates in a behavioral model of hyperacusis. Hear Res 2020; 389:107908. [PMID: 32062293 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.107908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Hyperacusis is a debilitating hearing condition in which normal everyday sounds are perceived as exceedingly loud, annoying, aversive or even painful. The prevalence of hyperacusis approaches 10%, making it an important, but understudied medical condition. To noninvasively identify the neural correlates of hyperacusis in an animal model, we used sound-evoked functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to locate regions of abnormal activity in the central nervous system of rats with behavioral evidence of hyperacusis induced with an ototoxic drug (sodium salicylate, 250 mg/kg, i.p.). Reaction time-intensity measures of loudness-growth revealed behavioral evidence of salicylate-induced hyperacusis at high intensities. fMRI revealed significantly enhanced sound-evoked responses in the auditory cortex (AC) to 80 dB SPL tone bursts presented at 8 and 16 kHz. Sound-evoked responses in the inferior colliculus (IC) were also enhanced, but to a lesser extent. To confirm the main results, electrophysiological recordings of spike discharges from multi-unit clusters were obtained from the central auditory pathway. Salicylate significantly enhanced tone-evoked spike-discharges from multi-unit clusters in the AC from 4 to 30 kHz at intensities ≥60 dB SPL; less enhancement occurred in the medial geniculate body (MGB), and even less in the IC. Our results demonstrate for the first time that non-invasive sound-evoked fMRI can be used to identify regions of neural hyperactivity throughout the brain in an animal model of hyperacusis.
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- Eddie Wong
- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA; Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Salvi R, Auerbach BD, Lau C, Chen YC, Manohar S, Liu X, Ding D, Chen GD. Functional Neuroanatomy of Salicylate- and Noise-Induced Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2020; 51:133-160. [PMID: 32653998 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2020_156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tinnitus and hyperacusis are debilitating conditions often associated with aging or exposure to intense noise or ototoxic drugs. One of the most reliable methods of inducing tinnitus is with high doses of sodium salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin. High doses of salicylate have been widely used to investigate the functional neuroanatomy of tinnitus and hyperacusis. High doses of salicylate have been used to develop novel behavioral methods to detect the presence of tinnitus and hyperacusis in animal models. Salicylate typically induces a hearing loss of approximately 20 dB which greatly reduces the neural output of the cochlea. As this weak neural signal emerging from the cochlea is sequentially relayed to the cochlear nucleus, inferior colliculus, medial geniculate, and auditory cortex, the neural response to suprathreshold sounds is progressively amplified by a factor of 2-3 by the time the signal reaches the auditory cortex, a phenomenon referred to as enhanced central gain. Sound-evoked hyperactivity also occurred in the amygdala, a region that assigns emotional significance to sensory stimuli. Resting state functional magnetic imaging of the BOLD signal revealed salicylate-induced increases in spontaneous neural activity in the inferior colliculus, medial geniculate body, and auditory cortex as well as in non-auditory areas such as the amygdala, reticular formation, cerebellum, and other sensory areas. Functional connectivity of the BOLD signal revealed increased neural coupling between several auditory areas and non-auditory areas such as the amygdala, cerebellum, reticular formation, hippocampus, and caudate/putamen; these strengthened connections likely contribute to the multifaceted dimensions of tinnitus. Taken together, these results suggest that salicylate-induced tinnitus disrupts a complex neural network involving many auditory centers as well as brain regions involved with emotion, arousal, memory, and motor planning. These extra-auditory centers embellish the basic auditory percepts that results in tinnitus and which may also contribute to hyperacusis.
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- Richard Salvi
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Holt AG, Kühl A, Braun RD, Altschuler R. The rat as a model for studying noise injury and otoprotection. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2019; 146:3681. [PMID: 31795688 DOI: 10.1121/1.5131344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A major challenge for those studying noise-induced injury pre-clinically is the selection of an animal model. Noise injury models are particularly relevant in an age when people are constantly bombarded by loud noise due to occupation and/or recreation. The rat has been widely used for noise-related morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular assessment. Noise exposure resulting in a temporary (TTS) or permanent threshold shift (PTS) yields trauma in peripheral and central auditory related pathways. While the precise nature of noise-related injuries continues to be delineated, both PTS and TTS (with or without hidden hearing loss) result in homeostatic changes implicated in conditions such as tinnitus and hyperacusis. Compared to mice, rats generally tolerate exposure to loud sounds reasonably well, often without exhibiting other physical non-inner ear related symptoms such as death, loss of consciousness, or seizures [Skradski, Clark, Jiang, White, Fu, and Ptacek (2001). Neuron 31, 537-544; Faingold (2002). Hear. Res. 168, 223-237; Firstova, Abaimov, Surina, Poletaeva, Fedotova, and Kovalev (2012). Bull Exp. Biol. Med. 154, 196-198; De Sarro, Russo, Citraro, and Meldrum (2017). Epilepsy Behav. 71, 165-173]. This ability of the rat to thrive following noise exposure permits study of long-term effects. Like the mouse, the rat also offers a well-characterized genome allowing genetic manipulations (i.e., knock-out, viral-based gene expression modulation, and optogenetics). Rat models of noise-related injury also provide valuable information for understanding mechanistic changes to identify therapeutic targets for treatment. This article provides a framework for selection of the rat as a model for noise injury studies.
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- Avril Genene Holt
- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual, and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 550 East Canfield Avenue, 454 Lande Building, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual, and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 550 East Canfield Avenue, 454 Lande Building, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual, and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 550 East Canfield Avenue, 454 Lande Building, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology; Cell and Developmental Biology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Rybalko N, Mitrovic D, Šuta D, Bureš Z, Popelář J, Syka J. Behavioral evaluation of auditory function abnormalities in adult rats with normal hearing thresholds that were exposed to noise during early development. Physiol Behav 2019; 210:112620. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Auerbach BD, Radziwon K, Salvi R. Testing the Central Gain Model: Loudness Growth Correlates with Central Auditory Gain Enhancement in a Rodent Model of Hyperacusis. Neuroscience 2019; 407:93-107. [PMID: 30292765 PMCID: PMC8792806 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The central gain model of hyperacusis proposes that loss of auditory input can result in maladaptive neuronal gain increases in the central auditory system, leading to the over-amplification of sound-evoked activity and excessive loudness perception. Despite the attractiveness of this model, and supporting evidence for it, a critical test of the central gain theory requires that changes in sound-evoked activity be explicitly linked to perceptual alterations of loudness. Here we combined an operant conditioning task that uses a subject's reaction time to auditory stimuli to produce reliable measures of loudness growth with chronic electrophysiological recordings from the auditory cortex and inferior colliculus of awake, behaviorally-phenotyped animals. In this manner, we could directly correlate daily assessments of loudness perception with neurophysiological measures of sound encoding within the same animal. We validated this novel psychophysical-electrophysiological paradigm with a salicylate-induced model of hearing loss and hyperacusis, as high doses of sodium salicylate reliably induce temporary hearing loss, neural hyperactivity, and auditory perceptual disruptions like tinnitus and hyperacusis. Salicylate induced parallel changes to loudness growth and evoked response-intensity functions consistent with temporary hearing loss and hyperacusis. Most importantly, we found that salicylate-mediated changes in loudness growth and sound-evoked activity were correlated within individual animals. These results provide strong support for the central gain model of hyperacusis and demonstrate the utility of using an experimental design that allows for within-subject comparison of behavioral and electrophysiological measures, thereby making inter-subject variability a strength rather than a limitation.
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- Benjamin D Auerbach
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Pienkowski M. Rationale and Efficacy of Sound Therapies for Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Neuroscience 2019; 407:120-134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Wilson CA, Berger JI, de Boer J, Sereda M, Palmer AR, Hall DA, Wallace MN. Gap-induced inhibition of the post-auricular muscle response in humans and guinea pigs. Hear Res 2019; 374:13-23. [PMID: 30685571 PMCID: PMC6408328 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A common method for measuring changes in temporal processing sensitivity in both humans and animals makes use of GaP-induced Inhibition of the Acoustic Startle (GPIAS). It is also the basis of a common method for detecting tinnitus in rodents. However, the link to tinnitus has not been properly established because GPIAS has not yet been used to objectively demonstrate tinnitus in humans. In guinea pigs, the Preyer (ear flick) myogenic reflex is an established method for measuring the acoustic startle for the GPIAS test, while in humans, it is the eye-blink reflex. Yet, humans have a vestigial remnant of the Preyer reflex, which can be detected by measuring skin surface potentials associated with the Post-Auricular Muscle Response (PAMR). A similar electrical potential can be measured in guinea pigs and we aimed to show that the PAMR could be used to demonstrate GPIAS in both species. In guinea pigs, we compare the GPIAS measured using the pinna movement of the Preyer reflex and the electrical potential of the PAMR to demonstrate that the two are at least equivalent. In humans, we establish for the first time that the PAMR provides a reliable way of measuring GPIAS that is a pure acoustic alternative to the multimodal eye-blink reflex. Further exploratory tests showed that while eye gaze position influenced the size of the PAMR response, it did not change the degree of GPIAS. Our findings confirm that the PAMR is a sensitive method for measuring GPIAS and suggest that it may allow direct comparison of temporal processing between humans and animals and may provide a basis for an objective test of tinnitus. Myogenic potentials from the guinea pig pinna show gap induced pre-pulse inhibition. Startle inhibition is also shown by gaps in background noise using the Preyer reflex. Startle potentials recorded behind the human pinna show gap-induced inhibition. Human post-auricular muscle potentials may form an objective test for tinnitus.
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- Caroline A Wilson
- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Ropewalk House, 113 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, UK
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Ropewalk House, 113 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, UK; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK; University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semeniyh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Hearing Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
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Langguth B, Elgoyhen AB, Cederroth CR. Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Tinnitus. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2019; 59:291-313. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010818-021556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tinnitus is a highly prevalent condition that is associated with hearing loss in most cases. In the absence of external stimuli, phantom perceptions of sounds emerge from alterations in neuronal activity within central auditory and nonauditory structures. Pioneering studies using lidocaine revealed that tinnitus is susceptible to pharmacological interventions. However, lidocaine is not effective in all patients, and no other drug has been identified with clear efficacy for the long-term treatment of tinnitus. In this review, we present recent advances in tinnitus research, including more detailed knowledge of its pathophysiology and involved neurotransmitter systems. Moreover, we summarize results from animal and clinical treatment studies as well as from studies that identified tinnitus as a side effect of pharmacological treatments. Finally, we focus on challenges in the development of pharmacological compounds for the treatment of tinnitus, namely the limitations of available animal models and of standardized clinical research methodologies.
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- Berthold Langguth
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, and Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular “Dr. Héctor N. Torres,” Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Möhrle D, Hofmeier B, Amend M, Wolpert S, Ni K, Bing D, Klose U, Pichler B, Knipper M, Rüttiger L. Enhanced Central Neural Gain Compensates Acoustic Trauma-induced Cochlear Impairment, but Unlikely Correlates with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Neuroscience 2018; 407:146-169. [PMID: 30599268 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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For successful future therapeutic strategies for tinnitus and hyperacusis, a subcategorization of both conditions on the basis of differentiated neural correlates would be of invaluable advantage. In the present study, we used our refined operant conditioning animal model to divide equally noise-exposed rats into groups with either tinnitus or hyperacusis, with neither condition, or with both conditions co-occurring simultaneously. Using click stimulus and noise burst-evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) and Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions, no hearing threshold difference was observed between any of the groups. However, animals with neither tinnitus nor hyperacusis responded to noise trauma with shortened ABR wave I and IV latencies and elevated central neuronal gain (increased ABR wave IV/I amplitude ratio), which was previously assumed in most of the literature to be a neural correlate for tinnitus. In contrast, animals with tinnitus had reduced neural response gain and delayed ABR wave I and IV latencies, while animals with hyperacusis showed none of these changes. Preliminary studies, aimed at establishing comparable non-invasive objective tools for identifying tinnitus in humans and animals, confirmed reduced central gain and delayed response latency in human and animals. Moreover, the first ever resting state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) analyses comparing humans and rats with and without tinnitus showed reduced rs-fMRI activities in the auditory cortex in both patients and animals with tinnitus. These findings encourage further efforts to establish non-invasive diagnostic tools that can be used in humans and animals alike and give hope for differentiated classification of tinnitus and hyperacusis.
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- Dorit Möhrle
- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University Hospital Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Luding Road, NO. 355. Putuo District, 200062 Shanghai, China.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University Hospital Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Reijntjes DOJ, Schubert NMA, Pietrus-Rajman A, van Dijk P, Pyott SJ. Changes in spontaneous movement in response to silent gaps are not robust enough to indicate the perception of tinnitus in mice. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202882. [PMID: 30157212 PMCID: PMC6114799 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Approaches to identify the perception of tinnitus in various animal models have been difficult to apply to mouse. As a result, mice have been underutilized to investigate the cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms underlying tinnitus. A recent study in guinea pigs identified a novel spontaneous behavior (unconditioned response), changes in movement during silent gaps, that identified a subgroup of animals presumably with tinnitus. Guinea pigs identified with tinnitus failed to “freeze” in response to silent gaps in sound. In the hope of developing a rapid and reliable assay for mice, we used a similar approach. C57BL/6J mice underwent three trials in which spontaneous movement was video recorded in the presence of white noise interrupted with six silent gaps. Movement metrics included velocity and body movement. Before the third trial, mice underwent either sham or noise exposure to induce hearing loss and tinnitus. Auditory brainstem responses before and after noise trauma confirmed normal hearing in sham-treated animals and hearing loss in the noise-exposed cohort. No differences in the various movement metrics were detected during the silent gaps either before or after sham/noise exposure. Variability in spontaneous movement both before and after sham/noise exposure was substantially greater in mice compared to guinea pigs. Thus, this assay is not sufficiently statistically powerful to identify changes in movement that might indicate tinnitus perception in mice. Previous observations also reported increased movement overall in guinea pigs identified as suffering tinnitus. In contrast, mice showed no statistically significant differences in movement between the three trials. Despite our results, other unconditioned (as well as conditioned) behaviors should be examined in mice to test their utility to detect changes that indicate the perception of tinnitus. Such assays are essential to accelerate the use of mouse models in tinnitus research.
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- Daniël O. J. Reijntjes
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head/Neck surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Han Q, Zhang Y, Liu D, Wang Y, Feng Y, Yin X, Wang J. Disrupted local neural activity and functional connectivity in subjective tinnitus patients: evidence from resting-state fMRI study. Neuroradiology 2018; 60:1193-1201. [PMID: 30159629 DOI: 10.1007/s00234-018-2087-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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van Zwieten G, Janssen MLF, Smit JV, Janssen AML, Roet M, Jahanshahi A, Stokroos RJ, Temel Y. Inhibition of Experimental Tinnitus With High Frequency Stimulation of the Rat Medial Geniculate Body. Neuromodulation 2018; 22:416-424. [PMID: 30102446 PMCID: PMC6618158 DOI: 10.1111/ner.12795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuromodulation is a promising treatment modality for tinnitus, especially in chronic and severe cases. The auditory thalamus plays a key role in the pathophysiology of tinnitus, as it integrates and processes auditory and limbic information. OBJECTIVE The effect of high frequency stimulation and low frequency stimulation of the medial geniculate bodies on tinnitus in a noise-induced tinnitus rat model is assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Presence of tinnitus was verified using the gap-induced prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response paradigm. Hearing thresholds were determined before and after noise trauma with auditory brainstem responses. Anxiety-related side-effects were evaluated in the elevated zero maze and open field. RESULTS Results show tinnitus development after noise exposure and preserved hearing thresholds of the ear that was protected from noise trauma. We found that high frequency stimulation of the medial geniculate bodies suppressed tinnitus. This effect maintained directly after stimulation when the stimulator was turned off. Low frequency stimulation did not have any effects on the gap:no-gap ratio of the acoustic startle response. CONCLUSION High frequency stimulation of the MGB has a direct and residual suppressing effect on tinnitus in this animal model. Low frequency stimulation of the MGB did not inhibit tinnitus.
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- Gusta van Zwieten
- Department of Ear Nose and Throat/Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ear Nose and Throat/Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ear Nose and Throat/Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Methodology and Statistics, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ear Nose and Throat/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Longenecker RJ, Kristaponyte I, Nelson GL, Young JW, Galazyuk AV. Addressing variability in the acoustic startle reflex for accurate gap detection assessment. Hear Res 2018; 363:119-135. [PMID: 29602592 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The acoustic startle reflex (ASR) is subject to substantial variability. This inherent variability consequently shapes the conclusions drawn from gap-induced prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex (GPIAS) assessments. Recent studies have cast doubt as to the efficacy of this methodology as it pertains to tinnitus assessment, partially, due to variability in and between data sets. The goal of this study was to examine the variance associated with several common data collection variables and data analyses with the aim to improve GPIAS reliability. To study this the GPIAS tests were conducted in adult male and female CBA/CaJ mice. Factors such as inter-trial interval, circadian rhythm, sex differences, and sensory adaptation were each evaluated. We then examined various data analysis factors which influence GPIAS assessment. Gap-induced facilitation, data processing options, and assessments of tinnitus were studied. We found that the startle reflex is highly variable in CBA/CaJ mice, but this can be minimized by certain data collection factors. We also found that careful consideration of temporal fluctuations of the ASR and controlling for facilitation can lead to more accurate GPIAS results. This study provides a guide for reducing variance in the GPIAS methodology - thereby improving the diagnostic power of the test.
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- Ryan J Longenecker
- Northeast Ohio Medical University, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Northeast Ohio Medical University, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Rootstown, OH, USA; Biomedical Sciences Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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- Northeast Ohio Medical University, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Northeast Ohio Medical University, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Northeast Ohio Medical University, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Rootstown, OH, USA.
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Zuo H, Lei D, Sivaramakrishnan S, Howie B, Mulvany J, Bao J. An operant-based detection method for inferring tinnitus in mice. J Neurosci Methods 2017; 291:227-237. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tortorella F, Pavaci S, Fioretti AB, Masedu F, Lauriello M, Eibenstein A. The short hyperacusis questionnaire: A tool for the identification and measurement of hyperacusis in the Italian tinnitus population. Audiol Res 2017; 7:182. [PMID: 29071058 PMCID: PMC5641829 DOI: 10.4081/audiores.2017.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Federica Tortorella
- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, L'Aquila University, L'Aquila.,Tinnitus Center, European Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Lauer AM, Behrens D, Klump G. Acoustic startle modification as a tool for evaluating auditory function of the mouse: Progress, pitfalls, and potential. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 77:194-208. [PMID: 28327385 PMCID: PMC5446932 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Acoustic startle response (ASR) modification procedures, especially prepulse inhibition (PPI), are increasingly used as behavioral measures of auditory processing and sensorimotor gating in rodents due to their perceived ease of implementation and short testing times. In practice, ASR and PPI procedures are extremely variable across animals, experimental setups, and studies, and the interpretation of results is subject to numerous caveats and confounding influences. We review considerations for modification of the ASR using acoustic stimuli, and we compare the sensitivity of PPI procedures to more traditional operant psychoacoustic techniques. We also discuss non-auditory variables that must be considered. We conclude that ASR and PPI measures cannot substitute for traditional operant techniques due to their low sensitivity. Additionally, a substantial amount of pilot testing must be performed to properly optimize an ASR modification experiment, negating any time benefit over operant conditioning. Nevertheless, there are some circumstances where ASR measures may be the only option for assessing auditory behavior, such as when testing mouse strains with early-onset hearing loss or learning impairments.
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- Amanda M Lauer
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Center for Hearing and Balance, Johns Hopkins University, 515 Traylor Building, 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, Animal Physiology & Behavior Group, Department for Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl Von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky Str. 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all, Animal Physiology & Behavior Group, Department for Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl Von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Carl Von Ossietzky Str. 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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Misophonia: A new mental disorder? Med Hypotheses 2017; 103:109-117. [PMID: 28571795 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Misophonia, a phenomenon first described in the audiology literature, is characterized by intense emotional reactions (e.g., anger, rage, anxiety, disgust) in response to highly specific sounds, particularly sounds of human origin such as oral or nasal noises made by other people (e.g., chewing, sniffing, slurping, lip smacking). Misophonia is not listed in any of the contemporary psychiatric classification systems. Some investigators have argued that misophonia should be regarded as a new mental disorder, falling within the spectrum of obsessive-compulsive related disorders. Other researchers have disputed this claim. The purpose of this article is to critically examine the proposition that misophonia should be classified as a new mental disorder. The clinical and research literature on misophonia was examined and considered in the context of the broader literature on what constitutes a mental disorder. There have been growing concerns that diagnostic systems such as DSM-5 tend to over-pathologize ordinary quirks and eccentricities. Accordingly, solid evidence is required for proposing a new psychiatric disorder. The available evidence suggests that (a) misophonia meets many of the general criteria for a mental disorder and has some evidence of clinical utility as a diagnostic construct, but (b) the nature and boundaries of the syndrome are unclear; for example, in some cases misophonia might be simply one feature of a broader pattern of sensory intolerance, and (c) considerably more research is required, particularly work concerning diagnostic validity, before misophonia, defined as either as a disorder or as a key feature of some broader syndrome of sensory intolerance, should be considered as a diagnostic construct in the psychiatric nomenclature. A research roadmap is proposed for the systematic evaluation as to whether misophonia should be considered for future editions of DSM or ICD.
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Jiang C, Luo B, Manohar S, Chen GD, Salvi R. Plastic changes along auditory pathway during salicylate-induced ototoxicity: Hyperactivity and CF shifts. Hear Res 2017; 347:28-40. [PMID: 27989950 PMCID: PMC5403591 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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High dose of salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin, has long been known to induce transient hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis making it a powerful experimental tool. These salicylate-induced perceptual disturbances are associated with a massive reduction in the neural output of the cochlea. Paradoxically, the diminished neural output of the cochlea is accompanied by a dramatic increase in sound-evoked activity in the auditory cortex (AC) and several other parts of the central nervous system. Exactly where the increase in neural activity begins and builds up along the central auditory pathway are not fully understood. To address this issue, we measured sound-evoked neural activity in the cochlea, cochlear nucleus (CN), inferior colliculus (IC), and AC before and after administering a high dose of sodium salicylate (SS, 300 mg/kg). The SS-treatment abolished low-level sound-evoked responses along the auditory pathway resulting in a 20-30 dB threshold shift. While the neural output of the cochlea was substantially reduced at high intensities, the neural responses in the CN were only slightly reduced; those in the IC were nearly normal or slightly enhanced while those in the AC considerably enhanced, indicative of a progress increase in central gain. The SS-induced increase in central response in the IC and AC was frequency-dependent with the greatest increase occurring in the mid-frequency range the putative pitch of SS-induced tinnitus. This frequency-dependent hyperactivity appeared to result from shifts in the frequency receptive fields (FRF) such that the response areas of many FRF shifted/expanded toward the mid-frequencies. Our results suggest that the SS-induced threshold shift originates in the cochlea. In contrast, enhanced central gain is not localized to one region, but progressively builds up at successively higher stage of the auditory pathway either through a loss of inhibition and/or increased excitation.
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- Chen Jiang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Anhui Provincial Hospital, 17 Lujiang Road, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China; Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Anhui Provincial Hospital, 17 Lujiang Road, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China; Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, 137 Cary Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Pace E, Luo H, Bobian M, Panekkad A, Zhang X, Zhang H, Zhang J. A Conditioned Behavioral Paradigm for Assessing Onset and Lasting Tinnitus in Rats. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166346. [PMID: 27835697 PMCID: PMC5105995 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Numerous behavioral paradigms have been developed to assess tinnitus-like behavior in animals. Nevertheless, they are often limited by prolonged training requirements, as well as an inability to simultaneously assess onset and lasting tinnitus behavior, tinnitus pitch or duration, or tinnitus presence without grouping data from multiple animals or testing sessions. To enhance behavioral testing of tinnitus, we developed a conditioned licking suppression paradigm to determine the pitch(s) of both onset and lasting tinnitus-like behavior within individual animals. Rats learned to lick water during broadband or narrowband noises, and to suppress licking to avoid footshocks during silence. After noise exposure, rats significantly increased licking during silent trials, suggesting onset tinnitus-like behavior. Lasting tinnitus-behavior, however, was exhibited in about half of noise-exposed rats through 7 weeks post-exposure tested. Licking activity during narrowband sound trials remained unchanged following noise exposure, while ABR hearing thresholds fully recovered and were comparable between tinnitus(+) and tinnitus(-) rats. To assess another tinnitus inducer, rats were injected with sodium salicylate. They demonstrated high pitch tinnitus-like behavior, but later recovered by 5 days post-injection. Further control studies showed that 1): sham noise-exposed rats tested with footshock did not exhibit tinnitus-like behavior, and 2): noise-exposed or sham rats tested without footshocks showed no fundamental changes in behavior compared to those tested with shocks. Together, these results demonstrate that this paradigm can efficiently test the development of noise- and salicylate-induced tinnitus behavior. The ability to assess tinnitus individually, over time, and without averaging data enables us to realistically address tinnitus in a clinically relevant way. Thus, we believe that this optimized behavioral paradigm will facilitate investigations into the mechanisms of tinnitus and development of effective treatments.
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- Edward Pace
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 Saint Antoine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 Saint Antoine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 Saint Antoine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Wayne State College of Engineering, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 Saint Antoine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4201 Saint Antoine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States of America
- Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 60 Farnsworth St., Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States of America
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Smith ML, Hostetler CM, Heinricher MM, Ryabinin AE. Social transfer of pain in mice. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1600855. [PMID: 27774512 PMCID: PMC5072181 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A complex relationship exists between the psychosocial environment and the perception and experience of pain, and the mechanisms of the social communication of pain have yet to be elucidated. The present study examined the social communication of pain and demonstrates that "bystander" mice housed and tested in the same room as mice subjected to inflammatory pain or withdrawal from morphine or alcohol develop corresponding hyperalgesia. Olfactory cues mediate the transfer of hyperalgesia to the bystander mice, which can be measured using mechanical, thermal, and chemical tests. Hyperalgesia in bystanders does not co-occur with anxiety or changes in corticosterone and cannot be explained by visually dependent emotional contagion or stress-induced hyperalgesia. These experiments reveal the multifaceted relationship between the social environment and pain behavior and support the use of mice as a model system for investigating these factors. In addition, these experiments highlight the need for proper consideration of how experimental animals are housed and tested.
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- Monique L. Smith
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code L470, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code L470, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code L470, Portland, OR 97239, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code L470, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Brozoski TJ, Bauer CA. Animal models of tinnitus. Hear Res 2016; 338:88-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Yi B, Hu S, Zuo C, Jiao F, Lv J, Chen D, Ma Y, Chen J, Mei L, Wang X, Huang Z, Wu H. Effects of long-term salicylate administration on synaptic ultrastructure and metabolic activity in the rat CNS. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24428. [PMID: 27068004 PMCID: PMC4828705 DOI: 10.1038/srep24428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tinnitus is associated with neural hyperactivity in the central nervous system (CNS). Salicylate is a well-known ototoxic drug, and we induced tinnitus in rats using a model of long-term salicylate administration. The gap pre-pulse inhibition of acoustic startle test was used to infer tinnitus perception, and only rats in the chronic salicylate-treatment (14 days) group showed evidence of experiencing tinnitus. After small animal positron emission tomography scans were performed, we found that the metabolic activity of the inferior colliculus (IC), the auditory cortex (AC), and the hippocampus (HP) were significantly higher in the chronic treatment group compared with saline group (treated for 14 days), which was further supported by ultrastructural changes at the synapses. The alterations all returned to baseline 14 days after the cessation of salicylate-treatment (wash-out group), indicating that these changes were reversible. These findings indicate that long-term salicylate administration induces tinnitus, enhanced neural activity and synaptic ultrastructural changes in the IC, AC, and HP of rats due to neuroplasticity. Thus, an increased metabolic rate and synaptic transmission in specific areas of the CNS may contribute to the development of tinnitus.
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- Bin Yi
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province China
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai China
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Laboratory of Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai China
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Husain FT. Neural networks of tinnitus in humans: Elucidating severity and habituation. Hear Res 2016; 334:37-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 09/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation that reduces quality of life for millions of people worldwide, and for which there is no medical cure. Most cases of tinnitus are associated with hearing loss caused by ageing or noise exposure. Exposure to loud recreational sound is common among the young, and this group are at increasing risk of developing tinnitus. Head or neck injuries can also trigger the development of tinnitus, as altered somatosensory input can affect auditory pathways and lead to tinnitus or modulate its intensity. Emotional and attentional state could be involved in the development and maintenance of tinnitus via top-down mechanisms. Thus, military personnel in combat are particularly at risk owing to combined risk factors (hearing loss, somatosensory system disturbances and emotional stress). Animal model studies have identified tinnitus-associated neural changes that commence at the cochlear nucleus and extend to the auditory cortex and other brain regions. Maladaptive neural plasticity seems to underlie these changes: it results in increased spontaneous firing rates and synchrony among neurons in central auditory structures, possibly generating the phantom percept. This Review highlights the links between animal and human studies, and discusses several therapeutic approaches that have been developed to target the neuroplastic changes underlying tinnitus.
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Zugaib J, Ceballos CC, Leão RM. High doses of salicylate reduces glycinergic inhibition in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the rat. Hear Res 2016; 332:188-198. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chen GD, Sheppard A, Salvi R. Noise trauma induced plastic changes in brain regions outside the classical auditory pathway. Neuroscience 2015; 315:228-45. [PMID: 26701290 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The effects of intense noise exposure on the classical auditory pathway have been extensively investigated; however, little is known about the effects of noise-induced hearing loss on non-classical auditory areas in the brain such as the lateral amygdala (LA) and striatum (Str). To address this issue, we compared the noise-induced changes in spontaneous and tone-evoked responses from multiunit clusters (MUC) in the LA and Str with those seen in auditory cortex (AC) in rats. High-frequency octave band noise (10-20 kHz) and narrow band noise (16-20 kHz) induced permanent threshold shifts at high-frequencies within and above the noise band but not at low frequencies. While the noise trauma significantly elevated spontaneous discharge rate (SR) in the AC, SRs in the LA and Str were only slightly increased across all frequencies. The high-frequency noise trauma affected tone-evoked firing rates in frequency and time-dependent manner and the changes appeared to be related to the severity of noise trauma. In the LA, tone-evoked firing rates were reduced at the high-frequencies (trauma area) whereas firing rates were enhanced at the low-frequencies or at the edge-frequency dependent on severity of hearing loss at the high frequencies. The firing rate temporal profile changed from a broad plateau to one sharp, delayed peak. In the AC, tone-evoked firing rates were depressed at high frequencies and enhanced at the low frequencies while the firing rate temporal profiles became substantially broader. In contrast, firing rates in the Str were generally decreased and firing rate temporal profiles become more phasic and less prolonged. The altered firing rate and pattern at low frequencies induced by high-frequency hearing loss could have perceptual consequences. The tone-evoked hyperactivity in low-frequency MUC could manifest as hyperacusis whereas the discharge pattern changes could affect temporal resolution and integration.
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- G-D Chen
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Elgoyhen AB, Langguth B, De Ridder D, Vanneste S. Tinnitus: perspectives from human neuroimaging. Nat Rev Neurosci 2015; 16:632-42. [DOI: 10.1038/nrn4003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chen YC, Li X, Liu L, Wang J, Lu CQ, Yang M, Jiao Y, Zang FC, Radziwon K, Chen GD, Sun W, Krishnan Muthaiah VP, Salvi R, Teng GJ. Tinnitus and hyperacusis involve hyperactivity and enhanced connectivity in auditory-limbic-arousal-cerebellar network. eLife 2015; 4:e06576. [PMID: 25962854 PMCID: PMC4426664 DOI: 10.7554/elife.06576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Hearing loss often triggers an inescapable buzz (tinnitus) and causes everyday sounds to become intolerably loud (hyperacusis), but exactly where and how this occurs in the brain is unknown. To identify the neural substrate for these debilitating disorders, we induced both tinnitus and hyperacusis with an ototoxic drug (salicylate) and used behavioral, electrophysiological, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques to identify the tinnitus-hyperacusis network. Salicylate depressed the neural output of the cochlea, but vigorously amplified sound-evoked neural responses in the amygdala, medial geniculate, and auditory cortex. Resting-state fMRI revealed hyperactivity in an auditory network composed of inferior colliculus, medial geniculate, and auditory cortex with side branches to cerebellum, amygdala, and reticular formation. Functional connectivity revealed enhanced coupling within the auditory network and segments of the auditory network and cerebellum, reticular formation, amygdala, and hippocampus. A testable model accounting for distress, arousal, and gating of tinnitus and hyperacusis is proposed.
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- Yu-Chen Chen
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, United States
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, United States
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Galazyuk A, Hébert S. Gap-Prepulse Inhibition of the Acoustic Startle Reflex (GPIAS) for Tinnitus Assessment: Current Status and Future Directions. Front Neurol 2015; 6:88. [PMID: 25972836 PMCID: PMC4411996 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The progress in the field of tinnitus largely depends on the development of a reliable tinnitus animal model. Recently, a new method based on the acoustic startle reflex modification was introduced for tinnitus screening in laboratory animals. This method was enthusiastically adopted and now widely used by many scientists in the field due to its seeming simplicity and a number of advantages over the other methods of tinnitus assessment. Furthermore, this method opened an opportunity for tinnitus assessment in humans as well. Unfortunately, multiple modifications of data collection and interpretation implemented in different labs make comparisons across studies very difficult. In addition, recent animal and human studies have challenged the original “filling-in” interpretation of the paradigm. Here, we review the current literature to emphasize on the commonalities and differences in data collection and interpretation across laboratories that are using this method for tinnitus assessment. We also propose future research directions that could be taken in order to establish whether or not this method is warranted as an indicator of the presence of tinnitus.
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- Alexander Galazyuk
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University , Rootstown, OH , USA
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- International Laboratory for Research on Brain, Music, and Sound (BRAMS), Faculty of Medicine, School of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Université de Montréal , Montréal, QC , Canada
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Radziwon KE, Stolzberg DJ, Urban ME, Bowler RA, Salvi RJ. Salicylate-induced hearing loss and gap detection deficits in rats. Front Neurol 2015; 6:31. [PMID: 25750635 PMCID: PMC4335184 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To test the "tinnitus gap-filling" hypothesis in an animal psychoacoustic paradigm, rats were tested using a go/no-go operant gap detection task in which silent intervals of various durations were embedded within a continuous noise. Gap detection thresholds were measured before and after treatment with a dose of sodium salicylate (200 mg/kg) that reliably induces tinnitus in rats. Noise-burst detection thresholds were also measured to document the amount of hearing loss and aid in interpreting the gap detection results. As in the previous human psychophysical experiments, salicylate had little or no effect on gap thresholds measured in broadband noise presented at high-stimulus levels (30-60 dB SPL); gap detection thresholds were always 10 ms or less. Salicylate also did not affect gap thresholds presented in narrowband noise at 60 dB SPL. Therefore, rats treated with a dose of salicylate that reliably induces tinnitus have no difficulty detecting silent gaps as long as the noise in which they are embedded is clearly audible.
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- Kelly E. Radziwon
- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
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