Recent work suggests that hair cells are not the most vulnerable elements in the inner ear;
rather, it is the synapses between hair cells and cochlear nerve terminals that degenerate first …

Permanent noise-induced damage to the inner ear is a major cause of hearing impairment,
arising from exposures occurring during both work- and pleasure-related activities. …

… For ABRs, stimuli were 5 ms tone pips (0.5 ms cos 2 rise-fall) delivered in alternating polarity
at 35/s. Electrical responses were sampled via Grass needle electrodes at the vertex and …

To further understand the roles and origins of γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) and calcitonin
gene‐related peptide (CGRP) in the efferent innervation of the cochlea, we first produced in the …

Neurons in the lateral superior olive (LSO) compute sound location based on differences in
interaural intensity, coded in ascending signals from the two cochleas. Unilateral destruction …

The inner ear receives two types of efferent feedback from the brainstem: one pathway
provides gain control on outer hair cells' contribution to cochlear amplification, and the other …

The mammalian auditory system contains descending pathways that originate in the cortex
and relay at various intermediate levels before reaching the peripheral sensory organ of Corti…

Non-destructive testing plays an important role in analyzing composite damage by supplying
useful information on damage initiation and propagation. However, for the scientist, the …

Although homomeric channels assembled from the α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
subunit are functional in vitro, electrophysiological, anatomical, and molecular data …

Cochlear sensory cells and neurons receive efferent feedback from the olivocochlear (OC)
system. The myelinated medial component of the OC system and its effects on outer hair cells …