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Topography of Auditory Nerve Projections to the Cochlear Nucleus in Cats after Neonatal Deafness and Electrical Stimulation by a Cochlear Implant

verfasst von: Patricia A. Leake, Gary T. Hradek, Ben H. Bonham, Russell L. Snyder

Erschienen in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology | Ausgabe 3/2008

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Abstract

We previously reported that auditory nerve projections from the cochlear spiral ganglion (SG) to the cochlear nucleus (CN) exhibit clear cochleotopic organization in adult cats deafened as neonates before hearing onset. However, the topographic specificity of these CN projections in deafened animals is proportionately broader than normal (less precise relative to the CN frequency gradient). This study examined SG-to-CN projections in adult cats that were deafened as neonates and received a unilateral cochlear implant at ∼7 weeks of age. Following several months of electrical stimulation, SG projections from the stimulated cochleae were compared to projections from contralateral, non-implanted ears. The fundamental organization of SG projections into frequency band laminae was clearly evident, and discrete projections were always observed following double SG injections in deafened cochleae, despite severe auditory deprivation and/or broad electrical activation of the SG. However, when normalized for the smaller CN size after deafness, AVCN, PVCN, and DCN projections on the stimulated side were broader by 32%, 34%, and 53%, respectively, than projections in normal animals (although absolute projection widths were comparable to normal). Further, there was no significant difference between projections from stimulated and contralateral non-implanted cochleae. These findings suggest that early normal auditory experience may be essential for normal development and/or maintenance of the topographic precision of SG-to-CN projections. After early deafness, the CN is smaller than normal, the topographic distribution of these neural projections that underlie frequency resolution in the central auditory system is proportionately broader, and projections from adjacent SG sectors are more overlapping. Several months of stimulation by a cochlear implant (beginning at ∼7 weeks of age) did not lessen or exacerbate these degenerative changes observed in adulthood. One clinical implication of these findings is that congenitally deaf cochlear implant recipients may have central auditory system alterations that limit their ability to achieve spectral selectivity equivalent to post-lingually deafened subjects.

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Titel: Topography of Auditory Nerve Projections to the Cochlear Nucleus in Cats after Neonatal Deafness and Electrical Stimulation by a Cochlear Implant
verfasst von: Patricia A. Leake
Gary T. Hradek
Ben H. Bonham
Russell L. Snyder
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2008
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology / Ausgabe 3/2008
Print ISSN: 1525-3961
Elektronische ISSN: 1438-7573
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-008-0127-x

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