Innervation of the organ of Corti
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Main references

Innervation of the organ of corti

Reviews

a1.
SPOENDLIN, H. Anatomy of cochlear innervation. Am. J. Otolaryngol. 6, 453-467,1985
a2. PUJOL, R., LENOIR, M. The four types of synapses in the organ of Corti. In: Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea, R.A. Altschuler, R.P. Bobbin and D.W. Hoffman, eds, Raven Press, New York, pp. 161-172,1986.
a3. WARR, W.B., GUINAN, J.J., Jr., WHITE, J.S. Organization of the efferent fibers: The lateral and medial olivocochlear systems. In: Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea, R.A. Altschuler, R.P. Bobbin and D.W. Hoffman, eds, Raven Press, New York, pp. 333-348,1986.

Books

a11. SPOENDLIN, H. The Organization of the Cochlear Receptor, Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Vol. 13, 1966, L. Rüedi, ed, Karger, Basel, New York.
a12. IURATO, S. Submicroscopic structure of the ear. Pergamon, Oxford, 1967.
a13. JAHN A.F.and J. SANTOS-SACCHI, J.eds, Cochlear physiology. , Raven Press, New York, 1988

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a21. SPOENDLIN, H. Innervation patterns in the organ of Corti of the cat. Acta Otolaryngol. (Stockh.) 67,239-254,1969
a22. WARR, W.B., GUINAN, J.J., Jr. Efferent innervation of the organ of Corti: Two separate systems. Brain Res. 173, 152-155,1979
a23. LIBERMAN, M.C. Efferent synapses in the inner hair cell area of the cat cochlea: an electron-microscopic study of serial sections. Hear. Res. 3, 189-204,1980
a24. LIBERMAN, M.C. Morphological differences among radial afferent fibers in the cat cochlea: an electron-microscopic study of serial sections. Hear. Res., 3: 45-63,1980
a25. KIANG, N.Y.S., RHO, J.M., NORTHROP, C.C., LIBERMAN, M.C., RYUGO, D.K. Hair-cell innervation by spiral ganglion cells in adults cats. Science, 217: 175-177,1982
a26. LIBERMAN, M.C. Single-neuron labelling in the cat auditory nerve. Science 216, 1239-1241,1982
a27. BROWN, M.C. Morphology of labeled afferent fibers in the guinea pig cochlea. J. Comp. Neurol. 260, 591-604,1987
a28. BROWN, M.C. Morphology of labeled efferent fibers in the guinea-pig cochlea. J. Comp. Neurol. 260, 605-618,1987


Spiral ganglion

Reviews

b1.
DEOL MS The neural crest and the acoustic ganglion. J Embryol exp Morph 17:533-541, 1967

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b11. SPOENDLIN H. Neural connections of the outer hair cell system. Acta Otolaryngol. 87, 381-387, 1979
b12. LIBERMAN, M.C. Single-neuron labelling in the cat auditory nerve. Science 216, 1239-1241, 1982
b13. KIANG, N.Y.S., RHO, J.M., NORTHROP, C.C., LIBERMAN, M.C., RYUGO, D.K. Hair-cell innervation by spiral ganglion cells in adults cats. Science 217, 175-177, 1982
b14. ROMAND R, ROMAND MR. Myelination kinetics of spiral ganglion cells in kitten. J Comp Neurol 204:1-5, 1982
b15. BERGLUND, A.M., RYUGO, D.K. Hair cell innervation by spiral ganglion neurons in the mouse. J. Comp. Neurol. 255, 560-570, 1987
b16. BROWN, M.C., BERGLUND, A.M., KIANG, N.Y.S., RYUGO, D.K. Central trajectories of type II spiral ganglion neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 278, 581-590, 1988
b17. SPOENDLIN, H. and A. SCHROTT. The spiral ganglion and the innervation of the human organ of Corti. Acta Otolaryngol. 105, 403-410, 1988
b18. LIBERMAN MC; DODDS L.W; PIERCE S. Afferent and Efferent Innervation of the Cat Cochlea : Quantitative Analysis With Light and Electron Microscopy. J. Comp. Neurol. 223, 163-176, 1990
b19.
CHIONG CM, BURGESS BJ, NADOL JB Postnatal maturation of human spiral ganglion cells: Light and electron microscopic observations. Hear Res 67:211-219,1993
b20. DECHESNE CJ, KELLER A Differential beta-enolase immunoreactivity in the two neuron types of the rat spiral ganglion during postnatal development. Comparison with neurofilament protein immunoreactivity. Auditory Neuroscience 2:33-46, 1996


Cochlear neurotransmiters

Reviews

c1.
ALTSCHULER, R.A., FEX, J. Efferent neurotransmitters. In: Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea, R.A. Altschuler, R.P. Bobbin and D.W. Hoffman, eds, Raven Press, New York, pp. 383-423, 1986.
c2. BLEDSOE JR., S.C., BOBBIN R.P., PUEL J.-L. Neurotransmission in the inner ear. In A.F. Jahn and J.R. Santos-Sacchi (Eds.), Physiology of the Ear, Raven Press, NY, pp. 385-406, 1988.
c3. EYBALIN, M. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators of the mammalian cochlea. Physiol. Rev. 73: 309-373, 1993
c4. PUEL J-L. Chemical synaptic transmission in the cochlea. Prog Neurobiol,47:449-476,1995
c5. PUJOL R., EYBALIN M., PUEL J.-L. - Recent advances in cochlear neurotransmission : physiology and pathophysiology. News in Physiological Sciences, 10: 178-83, 1995

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c11. EYBALIN, M., PUJOL, R. A radioautographic study of [3H] L-glutamate and [3H] L-glutamine uptake in the guinea pig cochlea. Neuroscience 9, 863-871, 1983
c12. JENISON G.L., BOBBIN R.P. Quisqualate excites spiral ganglion neurons of the guinea pig. Hearing Res 20, 261-265, 1985
c13. ALTSCHULER, R.A., FEX, J. Efferent neurotransmitters. In: Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea, R.A. Altschuler, R.P. Bobbin and D.W. Hoffman, eds, Raven Press, New York, pp. 383-423, 1986.
c14. LITTMAN T., BOBBIN R.P., FALLON M., PUEL. J.-L. The quinoxalinediones DNQX, CNQX and two related congeners suppress hair cell-to-auditory nerve transmission. Hear. Res. 40, 45-54, 1989
c15.PUEL J.L., LADRECH S., CHABERT R., PUJOL R., EYBALIN M. Electrophysiological evidence for the presence of NMDA receptors in the guinea pig cochlea. Hear. Res. 51: 255-264, 1991
c16. PUEL J.L., PUJOL R., LADRECH S., EYBALIN M. alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) electrophysiological and neurotoxic effects in the guinea pig cochlea. Neuroscience 45, 63-72, 1991
c17.HOUSLEY, G.D., GREENWOOD D., ASHMORE J.F. Localization of cholinergic and purinergic receptors on outer hair cells isolated from the guinea pig cochlea. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 249, 265-273,1992
c18. ELGOYHEN A.B., JOHNSON D.S., BOULTER J., VETTER D., HEINEMANN S. alpha-9: An acetylcholine receptor with novel pharmacological properties expressed in rat cochlear hair cells. Cell 79, 705-715, 1994
c19. PUJOL R. Lateral and medial efferents : a double neurochemical mechanism to protect and regulate inner and outer hair cell function in the cochlea. Br J Audiology, 28:185-191, 1994
c20. SAFIEDDINE S, BARTOLAMI S, WENTHOLD R-J, EYBALIN M. Pre- and postsynaptic M3 muscarinic receptor mRNAs in the rodent peripheral auditory system. Mol Brain Res, 40:127-120, 1996
c21.NIEDZIELSKI A., SAFIEDDINE S., WENTHOLD R.J. Molecular analysis of excitatory amino acid receptors expression in the cochlea. Audiol Neuro-Otol, 2:79-91, 1997

 

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