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Alterations in calretinin immunostaining in the ferret superior olivary complex after cochlear ablation.
- Source :
- Journal of Comparative Neurology; 2/23/2004, Vol. 470 Issue 1, p63-79, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- In this study, we used image analysis to assess changes in calretinin immunoreactivity in the lateral (LSO) and medial (MSO) superior olivary nuclei in ferrets 2 months after unilateral cochlear ablations at 3040 days of age, soon after hearing onset. These two nuclei are the first significant sites of binaural convergence in the ascending auditory system, and both receive direct projections from the deafferented cochlear nucleus. Cochlear ablation results in a decrease in the overall level of calretinin immunostaining within the LSO ipsilaterally compared with the contralateral side and with control animals and within the MSO bilaterally compared with control ferrets. In addition, the level of calretinin immunostaining ipsilaterally within neurons in the LSO was significantly less in cochlear ablated than control animals. In contrast, there was no effect of cochlear ablation on the level of calretinin immunostaining within neurons either in the contralateral LSO or in the MSO. These results are consistent with a downregulation in calretinin within the neuropil of MSO bilaterally and LSO ipsilaterally, as well as a downregulation in calretinin within somata in the ipsilateral LSO as a result of unilateral cochlear ablation soon after hearing onset. Thus, cochlear-driven activity appears to affect calcium binding protein levels in both neuropil and neurons within the superior olivary complex. J. Comp. Neurol. 470:6379, 2004. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IMAGE analysis
IMMUNE response
OLIVARY nucleus
COCHLEA
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219967
- Volume :
- 470
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12137103
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.11038