Using Extracochlear Multichannel Electrical Stimulation to Relieve Tinnitus and Reverse Tinnitus-Related Auditory-Somatosensory Plasticity in the Cochlear Nucleus
| Autor: | Min Chen, Shufeng Li, Chen Zhang, Shiyao Min, Xuerui Hu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cochlear Nucleus
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Guinea Pigs Audiology Somatosensory system Cochlear nucleus Tinnitus Cochlear implant otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Animals Cochlea Neurons business.industry General Medicine Electric Stimulation Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Acoustic Stimulation Acoustic Startle Reflex sense organs Neurology (clinical) Implant Hair cell medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. 25(8) |
| ISSN: | 1525-1403 |
| Popis: | Objectives Tinnitus has no reliable cure but may be significantly relieved by the usage of cochlear implants. However, not all tinnitus patients necessitate cochlear implantation that can impair hearing. This study was to investigate whether a novel extracochlear electrical stimulation (EES) strategy could relieve tinnitus of guinea pigs without hearing impairment, and the roles of auditory-somatosensory plasticity in the cochlear nucleus in the tinnitus relief. Materials and methods We used a novel four-electrode extracochlear implant to electrically stimulate the cochlea of tinnitus guinea pigs. Tinnitus was assessed by the gap-prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex (GPIAS) ratios and the tinnitus index. The plasticity of auditory and somatosensory innervation in the different subdivisions of cochlear nucleus was evaluated by immunostaining of vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VGLUT1) and VGLUT2, respectively. Results The EES induced significant decreases of GPIAS ratios and the tinnitus index of tinnitus guinea pigs, indicating reductions of tinnitus behavioral manifestations. Meanwhile, the EES reversed the abnormal auditory-somatosensory innervation in the cochlear nucleus of tinnitus animals but did not change the hearing and the numbers of inner hair cell synapses. Conclusions This study demonstrated that the novel EES strategy could effectively relieve tinnitus without impairment to hearing and cochlear structure of tinnitus animals. The reversal of tinnitus-related auditory-somatosensory plasticity in the cochlear nucleus was correlated with the tinnitus relief induced by the EES. |
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