The effects of chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation on inferior colliculus spatial representation in adult deafened cats. 2002

Charlotte M Moore, and Maike Vollmer, and Patricia A Leake, and Russell L Snyder, and Stephen J Rebscher
Epstein Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, Room U490, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0526, USA. moorecm@yahoo.com

Previous studies have shown that chronic electrical stimulation through a cochlear implant causes significant alterations in the central auditory system of neonatally deafened cats. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic stimulation in the mature auditory system. Normal hearing adult animals were deafened by ototoxic drugs and received daily electrical stimulation over periods of 4-6 months. In terminal physiology experiments, response thresholds to pulsatile and sinusoidal signals were recorded within the inferior colliculus (IC). Using previously established methods, spatial tuning curves (STCs; threshold vs. IC depth functions) were constructed, and their widths measured to infer spatial selectivity. The IC spatial representations were similar for pulsatile and sinusoidal stimulation when phase duration was taken into consideration. However, sinusoidal signals consistently elicited much lower thresholds than pulsatile signals, a difference not solely attributable to differences in charge/phase. The average STC width was significantly broader in the adult deafened/stimulated animals than in controls (adult deafened/unstimulated cats), suggesting that electrical stimulation can induce spatial expansion of the IC representation of the chronically stimulated cochlear sector. Further, results in these adult animals were not significantly different from results in neonatally deafened, early stimulated animals, suggesting that a similar degree of plasticity was induced within the auditory midbrains of mature animals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007245 Inferior Colliculi The posterior pair of the quadrigeminal bodies which contain centers for auditory function. Colliculus, Inferior,Brachial Nucleus of the Inferior Colliculus,Caudal Colliculus,Colliculus Inferior,Inferior Colliculus,Posterior Colliculus,Colliculi, Inferior,Colliculus Inferiors,Colliculus, Caudal,Colliculus, Posterior,Inferior, Colliculus,Inferiors, Colliculus
D002415 Cats The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801) Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D003054 Cochlear Implants Electronic hearing devices typically used for patients with normal outer and middle ear function, but defective inner ear function. In the COCHLEA, the hair cells (HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR) may be absent or damaged but there are residual nerve fibers. The device electrically stimulates the COCHLEAR NERVE to create sound sensation. Auditory Prosthesis,Cochlear Prosthesis,Implants, Cochlear,Auditory Prostheses,Cochlear Implant,Cochlear Prostheses,Implant, Cochlear,Prostheses, Auditory,Prostheses, Cochlear,Prosthesis, Auditory,Prosthesis, Cochlear
D003638 Deafness A general term for the complete loss of the ability to hear from both ears. Deafness Permanent,Hearing Loss Permanent,Prelingual Deafness,Deaf Mutism,Deaf-Mutism,Deafness, Acquired,Hearing Loss, Complete,Hearing Loss, Extreme,Acquired Deafness,Complete Hearing Loss,Deafness, Prelingual,Extreme Hearing Loss,Permanent, Deafness,Permanent, Hearing Loss,Permanents, Deafness
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D004594 Electrophysiology The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000831 Animals, Newborn Refers to animals in the period of time just after birth. Animals, Neonatal,Animal, Neonatal,Animal, Newborn,Neonatal Animal,Neonatal Animals,Newborn Animal,Newborn Animals
D001309 Auditory Threshold The audibility limit of discriminating sound intensity and pitch. Auditory Thresholds,Threshold, Auditory,Thresholds, Auditory

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