Abstract

The overall goal of these experiments is to investigate the role(s) which exogenous GM1 gangliosides may play in ameliorating or preventing neural atrophy following peripheral auditory insults during maturation. specifically, mice and guinea pigs will be used to: 1) determine if ganglioside applications will negate changes in auditory brainstem responses following reversible neonatal conductive losses; 2) if ganglioside application will negate neuronal atrophy of superior olivary nuclei following a neonatal conductive loss; 3) to determine the effects of GM1 ganglioside and cochlear insults on the dendritic arborizations of cochlear nucleus neurons. These experiments will relate directly to the possible use of exogenous gangliosides in young patients with peripheral auditory disorders. Methods to be used include recording evoked auditory responses, animal surgery, and various light microscopic techniques.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01DC000379-10
Application #
5209886
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Publications

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Hurley, Raymond M; Hurley, Annette; Berlin, Charles I (2002) The effect of midline petrous apex lesions on tests of afferent and efferent auditory function. Ear Hear 23:224-34
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Scott, D A; Greinwald Jr, J H; Marietta, J R et al. (1998) Identification and mutation analysis of a cochlear-expressed, zinc finger protein gene at the DFNB7/11 and dn hearing-loss loci on human chromosome 9q and mouse chromosome 19. Gene 215:461-9

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