Efferent feedback slows cochlear aging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4599-4607

  Charles Liberman, M ^a,b,c   Liberman, Leslie D ^b   Maison, Stéphane F ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Auditory neuropathy; Feedback; Hair cells; Hearing conservation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AUDITORY NEUROPATHY; FEEDBACK; HAIR CELLS; HEARING CONSERVATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR DISEASES; COCHLEAR NERVE; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84897874585     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4923-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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