HST.721 - The Peripheral Auditory System

Fall 2004


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9-9-04 Lecture 1: Introduction
9-14-04 Lecture 2: Anatomy
lowmag.pdf
nomenclature.pdf
cellnames.pdf
Discussion 9-21-04
9-16-04 Lecture 3: Hair Cell Adaptation and Transduction Discussion 9-28-04
9-23-04 Lecture 4: Stria/EP
EP Handout
Discussion 10-5-04
9-30-04 Lecture 5: Tuning & OHCs Discussion 10-12-04
Discussion 10-19-04
10-7-04 Lecture 6: Afferent Transmission Discussion 10-26-04
10-14-04 Lecture 7: Auditory Nerve Response Discussion 11-2-04
10-21-04 Lecture 8: ABR & OAE Discussion 11-9-04
10-28-04 Lecture 9: Efferent Control Discussion 11-16-04
11-4-04 Lecture 10: Development

Development Outline
Discussion 11-23-04
11-18-04 Lecture 11: Trauma and Repair

Cochlear Trauma Handout
Discussion 11-30-04
12-2-04 Lecture 12: Sensorineural Hearing Loss Discussion 12-7-04

Anatomy Discussion Papers
Review:  Forge, A. and T. Wright (2002). "The molecular architecture of the inner ear." Br Med Bull 63: 5-24..

Liberman, M. C. (1980)."Morphological differences among radial afferent fibers in the cat cochlea:  An electron-microscopic study of serial
    sections," Hear Res 3, 45-63.

Liberman, M. C. (1982)."Single-neuron labeling in the cat auditory nerve," Science 216, 1239-1241.

Kikuchi, T., Kimura, R. S., Paul, D. L. and Adams, J. C. (1995)."Gap junctions in the rat cochlea: immunhistochemical and ultrastructural
    analysis," Anat Embryol 191, 101-118.

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Hair Cells Discussion Papers
Review: Roberts, W. M., J. Howard, et al. (1988). "Hair cells: transduction, tuning, and transmission in the inner ear." Annu Rev Cell Biol 4:
    63-92.

Corey, D. P. and Hudspeth, A. J. (1983)."Kinetics of the receptor current in bullfrog saccular hair cells," J Neurosci 3, 962-976.

Pickles, J.O. , Comis, S.D. and Osborne, M.P. (1984) Cross-links between stereocilia in the guinea pig organ of Corti, and their possible relation
    to sensory transduction.  Hear Res 15: 103-112.

Denk W, Holt JR, Shepherd GM, and Corey DP. Calcium imaging of single stereocilia in hair cells: localization of transduction channels at both
    ends of tip links. Neuron 15: 1311-1321, 1995.

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Stria/EP Discussion Papers

Review:   Wangemann, P. (2002)."K+ cycling and its regulation in the cochlea and vestibular labyrintl," Audiology Neurootology 7:199-205.

Salt, A. N., Melichar, I. and Thalmann, R. (1987)."Mechanisms of endocochlear potential generation by stria vascularis," Laryngoscope 97,
    984-991.

Takeuchi, S., Ando, M. and Kakigi, A. (2000)."Mechanism generating endocochlear potential: role played by intermediate cells in stria vascularis,"
    Biophys J 79, 2572-2582.

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OHCs and Electromotility
Review: Santos-Sacchi, J. (2003) New tunes from Corti's organ: the outer hair cell boogie rules.  Curr. Opin. Neurobio. 13:459-468.

Holley, M. C. and Ashmore, J. F. (1988)."On the mechanism of a high-frequency force generator in outer hair cells isolated from the guinea pig
    cochlea," Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 232, 413-429.

Hallworth, R., Evans, B. N. and Dallos, P. (1993)."The location and mechanism of electromotility in guinea pig outer hair cells," J. Neurophysiol.
    70, 549-558.

Zheng, J., Shen, W., He, D. Z., Long, K. B., Madison, L. D. and Dallos, P. (2000)."Prestin is the motor protein of cochlear outer hair cells,"
    Nature 405, 149-155.

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Frequency Tuning and Cochlear Mechanics

Review:   Dallos, P. (1992). The active cochlea. J. Neurosci. 12:4575-4585.

Wilson, J. P. and Johnstone, J. R. (1975)."Basilar membrane and middle-ear vibration in guinea pig measured by capacitive probe," J Acoust
    Soc Am 57, 705-723.

Ruggero, M.A. and Rich, N.C. (1991) "Furosemide alters organ of Corti mechanics: Evidence for feedback of outer hair cells upon the basilar
    membrane". J. Neurosci. 11:1057-1067.

Neely, S.T. (1993) A model of cochlear mechanics with outer hair cell motility. J Acoust Soc Amer 94(1) 137-146.

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Afferent Transmission Discussion Papers
 

Review:  Fuchs, P.A., Glowatski, E. and Moser, T. (2003) The afferent synapse of cochlear hair cells. Curr. Opin. Neurobio. 13:452-458.

Roberts, W. M., Jacobs, R. A. and Hudspeth, A. J. (1990)."Colocalization of ion channels involved in frequency selectivity and synaptic
    transmission at presynaptic active zones of hair cells," J. Neuroscience 10, 3664-3684.

Moser, T. and Beutner, D. (2000)."Kinetics of exocytosis and endocytosis at the cochlear inner hair cell afferent synapse of the mouse," Proc. Nat.
    Acad. Sci. 97, 883-888.

Glowatzki, E. and Fuchs, P. A. (2002)."Transmitter release at the hair cell ribbon synapse," Nat Neurosci 5, 147-154.

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Auditory Nerve Response Discussion Papers

Review:  Kiang NYS (1984) Peripheral processing of auditory information. Handbook of Physiology – The Nervous System.

Liberman, M. C. (1978)."Auditory-nerve response from cats raised in a low-noise chamber," J Acoust Soc Am 63, 442-455.

Sachs, M. B. and Young, E. D. (1979)."Encoding of steady-state vowels in the auditory nerve: representation in terms of discharge rate," J.
    Acoust. Soc. Am. 66, 470-479.

Young ED and Sachs MB  (1980)  Representation of steady state vowels in the temporal aspects of the discharge patterns of populations of
    auditory nerve fibers. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 66:1381-1403.

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ABR and OAE Discussion Papers

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Efferent Control Discussion Papers

Review:  Guinan, JJ (1996) Physiology of Cochlear Efferents. In “The Cochlea”, eds. P Dallos, AN Popper and RR Fay. New York, Springer, pp 435-500.

Elgoyhen, A.B., Johnson, D.S., Boulter, J., Vetter, D.E. and Heinemann, S. (1994) "?9: An acetylcholine receptor with novel pharmacological
    properties expressed in rat cochlear hair cells." Cell: 79-705-715.

Russell, I. J. and Murugasu, E. (1997)."Medial efferent inhibition suppresses basilar membrane responses to near characteristic frequency tones of
    moderate to high intensities," J Acoust Soc Am 102, 1734-1738.

Maison, S. F. and Liberman, M. C. (2000)."Predicting vulnerability to acoustic injury with a non-invasive assay of olivocochlear reflex strength," J.
    Neuroscience 20, 4701-4707.

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Development Discussion Papers
 

Review:   Bryant, J., R. J. Goodyear, et al. (2002). "Sensory organ development in the inner ear: molecular and cellular mechanisms." Br Med Bull 63: 39-57.
Manny Groves, A. K. and Bronner-Fraser, M. (2000)."Competence, specification and commitment in otic placode induction," Development 127, 3489-3499.
Nancy Eddison, M., Le Roux, I. and Lewis, J. (2000)."Notch signaling in the development of the inner ear: lessons from Drosophila," Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97, 11692-11699.
 

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Trauma and Repair Discussion Papers
Review Trauma:  Huang, T., A. G. Cheng, et al. (2000). "Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis of cochlear sensory cells: otoprotective strategies."
    Int J Dev Neurosci 18(2-3): 259-70.

Review Repair: Bermingham-McDonogh, O. and E. W. Rubel (2003). "Hair cell regeneration: winging our way towards a sound future." Curr
    Opin Neurobiol 13(1): 119-26.

Wang, Y., Hirose, K. and Liberman, M. C. (2002)."Dynamics of noise-induced cellular injury and repair in the mouse cochlea," J Assoc Res
    Otolaryngol 3, 248-268.

Pirvola, U., Xing-Qun, L., Virkkala, J., Saarma, M., Murakata, C., Camoratto, A. M., Walton, K. M. and Ylikoski, J. (2000)."Rescue of hearing,
    auditory hair cells, and neurons by CEP-1347/KT7515, an inhibitor of c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation," J Neurosci 20, 43-50.

Warchol, M. E. and Corwin, J. T. (1996)."Regenerative proliferation in organ cultures of the avian cochlea: identification of the initial progenitors
    and determination of the latency of the proliferative response," J Neurosci 16, 5466-5477.

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Sensorineural Hearing Loss Discussion Papers

Review:  To be Announced

Heinz, M.G. and Young, E.D. (2004). "Response Growth With Sound Level in Auditory-Nerve Fibers After Noise-Induced Hearing     Loss",
    J. Neurophysiology 91:784-795.

Liberman, M.C. and Dodds, L.W. (1984) Single-neuron labeling and chronic cochlear pathology, III: Stereocilia damage

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