Gentamicin abolishes all cochlear effects of electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus

Experimental Brain Research
W H A M Mulders, D Robertson

Abstract

Electrical stimulation of the inferior colliculus (IC) has been shown to result in suppression of cochlear output, due to activation of the medial olivocochlear system. This auditory efferent system originates in the brainstem and terminates on the outer hair cells in the cochlea. Recently, excitatory effects of IC stimulation have also been reported, both on cochlear gross potentials and on primary auditory afferents. It has been hypothesized that this excitation is due to co-activation of the lateral olivocochlear system, which synapses on the primary auditory afferent fibres contacting the inner hair cells. If stimulation of the IC leads to the activation of both the medial and lateral olivocochlear system, resulting in a mixture of inhibitory and excitatory effects in the cochlea, then removal of the inhibitory effects, by blocking the medial system, should lead to more pronounced excitatory effects out in the periphery. To investigate this hypothesis, we recorded the effect of IC stimulation on cochlear gross potentials as well as on single auditory primary afferents in guinea pigs following block of the medial olivocochlear system with gentamicin. We found that administration of gentamicin, whether intraperitoneally or by...Continue Reading

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Nov 28, 2007·Experimental Brain Research·Kumar SeluakumaranDonald Robertson
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