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Montazeri K, Farhadi M, Majdabadi A, Akbarnejad Z, Fekrazad R, Shahbazi A, Mahmoudian S. Photobiomodulation therapy in improvement of harmful neural plasticity in sodium salicylate-induced tinnitus. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0296607. [PMID: 38626075 PMCID: PMC11020422 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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Tinnitus is a common annoying symptom without effective and accepted treatment. In this controlled experimental study, photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT), which uses light to modulate and repair target tissue, was used to treat sodium salicylate (SS)-induced tinnitus in a rat animal model. Here, PBMT was performed simultaneously on the peripheral and central regions involved in tinnitus. The results were evaluated using objective tests including gap pre-pulse inhibition of acoustic startle (GPIAS), auditory brainstem response (ABR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Harmful neural plasticity induced by tinnitus was detected by doublecortin (DCX) protein expression, a known marker of neural plasticity. PBMT parameters were 808 nm wavelength, 165 mW/cm2 power density, and 99 J/cm2 energy density. In the tinnitus group, the mean gap in noise (GIN) value of GPIAS test was significantly decreased indicated the occurrence of an additional perceived sound like tinnitus and also the mean ABR threshold and brainstem transmission time (BTT) were significantly increased. In addition, a significant increase in DCX expression in the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN), dentate gyrus (DG) and the parafloccular lobe (PFL) of cerebellum was observed in the tinnitus group. In PBMT group, a significant increase in the GIN value, a significant decrease in the ABR threshold and BTT, and also significant reduction of DCX expression in the DG were observed. Based on our findings, PBMT has the potential to be used in the management of SS-induced tinnitus.
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- Katayoon Montazeri
- The Five Senses Health Institute, ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- The Five Senses Health Institute, ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Dentistry Research Institute, Laser Research Center of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- The Five Senses Health Institute, ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Radiation Sciences Research Center, Laser Research Center in Medical Sciences, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- The Five Senses Health Institute, ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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Park KW, Kullar P, Malhotra C, Stankovic KM. Current and Emerging Therapies for Chronic Subjective Tinnitus. J Clin Med 2023; 12:6555. [PMID: 37892692 PMCID: PMC10607630 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12206555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Chronic subjective tinnitus, the perception of sound without an external source for longer than six months, may be a greatly debilitating condition for some people, and is associated with psychiatric comorbidities and high healthcare costs. Current treatments are not beneficial for all patients and there is a large need for new therapies for tinnitus. OBSERVATIONS Unlike rarer cases of objective tinnitus, chronic subjective tinnitus often has no obvious etiology and a diverse pathophysiology. In the absence of objective testing, diagnosis is heavily based on clinical assessment. Management strategies include hearing aids, sound masking, tinnitus retraining therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and emerging therapies including transcranial magnetic stimulation and electrical stimulation. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Although current treatments are limited, emerging diagnostics and treatments provide promising avenues for the management of tinnitus symptoms.
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- Ki Wan Park
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
- Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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The blinking eye as a window into tinnitus: A new animal model of tinnitus in the macaque. Hear Res 2022; 420:108517. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Salvi R, Radziwon K, Manohar S, Auerbach B, Ding D, Liu X, Lau C, Chen YC, Chen GD. Review: Neural Mechanisms of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis in Acute Drug-Induced Ototoxicity. Am J Audiol 2021; 30:901-915. [PMID: 33465315 DOI: 10.1044/2020_aja-20-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Purpose Tinnitus and hyperacusis are debilitating conditions often associated with age-, noise-, and drug-induced hearing loss. Because of their subjective nature, the neural mechanisms that give rise to tinnitus and hyperacusis are poorly understood. Over the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in deciphering the biological bases for these disorders using animal models. Method Important advances in understanding the biological bases of tinnitus and hyperacusis have come from studies in which tinnitus and hyperacusis are consistently induced with a high dose of salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin. Results Salicylate induced a transient hearing loss characterized by a reduction in otoacoustic emissions, a moderate cochlear threshold shift, and a large reduction in the neural output of the cochlea. As the weak cochlear neural signals were relayed up the auditory pathway, they were progressively amplified so that the suprathreshold neural responses in the auditory cortex were much larger than normal. Excessive central gain (neural amplification), presumably resulting from diminished inhibition, is believed to contribute to hyperacusis and tinnitus. Salicylate also increased corticosterone stress hormone levels. Functional imaging studies indicated that salicylate increased spontaneous activity and enhanced functional connectivity between structures in the central auditory pathway and regions of the brain associated with arousal (reticular formation), emotion (amygdala), memory/spatial navigation (hippocampus), motor planning (cerebellum), and motor control (caudate/putamen). Conclusion These results suggest that tinnitus and hyperacusis arise from aberrant neural signaling in a complex neural network that includes both auditory and nonauditory structures.
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- Richard Salvi
- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China
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- Center for Hearing & Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo
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Noise Exposure Alters Glutamatergic and GABAergic Synaptic Connectivity in the Hippocampus and Its Relevance to Tinnitus. Neural Plast 2021; 2021:8833087. [PMID: 33510780 PMCID: PMC7822664 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8833087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Accumulating evidence implicates a role for brain structures outside the ascending auditory pathway in tinnitus, the phantom perception of sound. In addition to other factors such as age-dependent hearing loss, high-level sound exposure is a prominent cause of tinnitus. Here, we examined how noise exposure altered the distribution of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs in the guinea pig hippocampus and determined whether these changes were associated with tinnitus. In experiment one, guinea pigs were overexposed to unilateral narrow-band noise (98 dB SPL, 2 h). Two weeks later, the density of excitatory (VGLUT-1/2) and inhibitory (VGAT) synaptic terminals in CA1, CA3, and dentate gyrus hippocampal subregions was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Overall, VGLUT-1 density primarily increased, while VGAT density decreased significantly in many regions. Then, to assess whether the noise-induced alterations were persistent and related to tinnitus, experiment two utilized a noise-exposure paradigm shown to induce tinnitus and assessed tinnitus development which was assessed using gap-prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle (GPIAS). Twelve weeks after sound overexposure, changes in excitatory synaptic terminal density had largely recovered regardless of tinnitus status, but the recovery of GABAergic terminal density was dramatically different in animals expressing tinnitus relative to animals resistant to tinnitus. In resistant animals, inhibitory synapse density recovered to preexposure levels, but in animals expressing tinnitus, inhibitory synapse density remained chronically diminished. Taken together, our results suggest that noise exposure induces striking changes in the balance of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs throughout the hippocampus and reveal a potential role for rebounding inhibition in the hippocampus as a protective factor leading to tinnitus resilience.
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Mennink LM, van Dijk J, van Dijk P. The cerebellar (para)flocculus: A review on its auditory function and a possible role in tinnitus. Hear Res 2020; 398:108081. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Freemyer A, Neal C, Nelson-Brantley J, Staecker H, Durham D. Early Onset Region and Cell Specific Alterations of Doublecortin Expression in the CNS of Animals with Sound Damage Induced Hearing Loss. IBRO Rep 2019; 7:129-140. [PMID: 31872150 PMCID: PMC6906648 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Sound damage induced hearing loss has been shown to elicit changes in auditory and non-auditory brain regions. A protein critical for neuronal migration and brain development, doublecortin (DCX), has been used as a marker of central nervous system (CNS) neuroplasticity. DCX is expressed in unipolar brush cells (UBCs) of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN), cerebellar parafloccular lobe (PFL) and neuronal precursor cells in the sub-granular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). Sound damage induced hearing loss has been shown to differentially impact DCX expression months later. To identify earlier alterations in DCX expression, we utilized immunohistochemistry to detect DCX protein in three brain regions (DCN, PFL, DG) approximately one month following unilateral sound damage. Auditory brainstem response was used to measure hearing loss. Unilateral hearing loss was evident in all sound damaged animals. Hearing loss related decreases in DCX expression were evident bilaterally in the DG while hearing loss related increases in DCX expression were evident bilaterally in the PFL. No changes to DCX expression were evident in the auditory DCN. Gap detection was used to assess whether this sound damage paradigm induced tinnitus-like behavior. However, results obtained from this behavioral test as used here were inconclusive and are presented here only as a guide to others wishing to design similar studies.
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- Andrea Freemyer
- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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Holt AG, Kühl A, Braun RD, Altschuler R. The rat as a model for studying noise injury and otoprotection. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2019; 146:3681. [PMID: 31795688 DOI: 10.1121/1.5131344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A major challenge for those studying noise-induced injury pre-clinically is the selection of an animal model. Noise injury models are particularly relevant in an age when people are constantly bombarded by loud noise due to occupation and/or recreation. The rat has been widely used for noise-related morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular assessment. Noise exposure resulting in a temporary (TTS) or permanent threshold shift (PTS) yields trauma in peripheral and central auditory related pathways. While the precise nature of noise-related injuries continues to be delineated, both PTS and TTS (with or without hidden hearing loss) result in homeostatic changes implicated in conditions such as tinnitus and hyperacusis. Compared to mice, rats generally tolerate exposure to loud sounds reasonably well, often without exhibiting other physical non-inner ear related symptoms such as death, loss of consciousness, or seizures [Skradski, Clark, Jiang, White, Fu, and Ptacek (2001). Neuron 31, 537-544; Faingold (2002). Hear. Res. 168, 223-237; Firstova, Abaimov, Surina, Poletaeva, Fedotova, and Kovalev (2012). Bull Exp. Biol. Med. 154, 196-198; De Sarro, Russo, Citraro, and Meldrum (2017). Epilepsy Behav. 71, 165-173]. This ability of the rat to thrive following noise exposure permits study of long-term effects. Like the mouse, the rat also offers a well-characterized genome allowing genetic manipulations (i.e., knock-out, viral-based gene expression modulation, and optogenetics). Rat models of noise-related injury also provide valuable information for understanding mechanistic changes to identify therapeutic targets for treatment. This article provides a framework for selection of the rat as a model for noise injury studies.
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- Avril Genene Holt
- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual, and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 550 East Canfield Avenue, 454 Lande Building, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual, and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 550 East Canfield Avenue, 454 Lande Building, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Visual, and Anatomical Sciences (OVAS), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, 550 East Canfield Avenue, 454 Lande Building, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology; Cell and Developmental Biology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Dissociation between Cerebellar and Cerebral Neural Activities in Humans with Long-Term Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Neural Plast 2019; 2019:8354849. [PMID: 31049056 PMCID: PMC6458952 DOI: 10.1155/2019/8354849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 01/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Abnormal neural activity in the cerebellum has been implicated in hearing impairments, but the effects of long-term hearing loss on cerebellar function are poorly understood. To further explore the role of long-term bilateral sensorineural hearing loss on cerebellar function, we investigated hearing loss-induced changes among neural networks within cerebellar subregions and the changes in cerebellar-cerebral connectivity patterns using resting-state functional MRI. Twenty-one subjects with long-term bilateral moderate-to-severe sensorineural hearing loss and 21 matched controls with clinically normal hearing underwent MRI scanning and a series of neuropsychological tests targeting cognition and emotion. Voxel-wise functional connectivity (FC) analysis demonstrated decreased couplings between the cerebellum and other cerebral areas, including the temporal pole (TP), insula, supramarginal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), medial frontal gyrus, and thalamus, in long-term bilateral sensorineural hearing loss patients. An ROI-wise FC analysis found weakened interregional connections within cerebellar subdivisions. Moreover, there was a negative correlation between anxiety and FC between the left cerebellar lobe VI and left insula. Hearing ability and anxiety scores were also correlated with FC between the left cerebellar lobe VI and left TP, as well as the right cerebellar lobule VI and left IFG. Our results suggest that sensorineural hearing loss disrupts cerebellar-cerebral circuits, some potentially linked to anxiety, and interregional cerebellar connectivity. The findings contribute to a growing body showing that auditory deprivation caused by cochlear hearing loss disrupts not only activity with the classical auditory pathway but also portions of the cerebellum that communicates with other cortical networks.
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Wu C, Bao W, Yi B, Wang Q, Wu X, Qian M, Zuo C, Huang Z. Increased metabolic activity and hysteretic enhanced GABA A receptor binding in a rat model of salicylate-induced tinnitus. Behav Brain Res 2019; 364:348-355. [PMID: 30797852 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tinnitus is relevant to neural hyperactivity in the central nervous system (CNS). Normal quantity and functioning of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor are crucial for maintaining the balance between excitation and inhibition in the brain. In this study, we applied a rat model of tinnitus via long-term salicylate administration. The combination of the gap pre-pulse inhibition of acoustic startle (GPIAS) and pre-pulse inhibition (PPI) tests were used to detect tinnitus-like behavior, and rats receiving 7 or 14 consecutive days of salicylate administration showed evidence of tinnitus. After positron emission tomography (PET) scan, we found that the metabolic activity was increased after salicylate treatment followed by enhanced GABAA receptor binding with cessation of salicylate administration in the auditory cortex (AC), medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), hippocampus (HP), cingulate cortex (CiC) and insular (InC). The inferior colliculus (IC) showed an elevated metabolic activity with no change in the GABAA receptor binding. All the alterations returned to baseline several days after cessation of salicylate treatment despite a mismatch between the time-course of them. By contrast, we found alterations in neither the metabolic activity nor the GABAA receptor binding in the amygdala (AMY) and cerebellum (CRB). These findings indicate that enhanced neural activity in the auditory and limbic system may contribute to the development of tinnitus, while the hysteretic increase of GABAA receptor binding in specific areas of the CNS may be a compensation for hyperactivity, which may be involved in tinnitus relieving.
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- Cong Wu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Laboratoryof Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- PET Center, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Laboratoryof Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Laboratoryof Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Laboratoryof Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Laboratoryof Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- PET Center, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Laboratoryof Auditory Neuroscience, Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- Carol A Bauer
- From the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield
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Feng Y, Chen YC, Lv H, Xia W, Mao CN, Bo F, Chen H, Xu JJ, Yin X. Increased Resting-State Cerebellar-Cerebral Functional Connectivity Underlying Chronic Tinnitus. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:59. [PMID: 29556191 PMCID: PMC5844916 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Purpose: Chronic subjective tinnitus may arise from aberrant functional coupling between the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex. To explore this hypothesis, we used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to illuminate the functional connectivity network of the cerebellar regions in chronic tinnitus patients and controls. Methods: Resting-state fMRI scans were obtained from 28 chronic tinnitus patients and 29 healthy controls (well matched for age, sex and education) in this study. Cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity was characterized using a seed-based whole-brain correlation method. The resulting cerebellar functional connectivity measures were correlated with each clinical tinnitus characteristic. Results: Chronic tinnitus patients demonstrated increased functional connectivity between the cerebellum and several cerebral regions, including the superior temporal gyrus (STG), parahippocampal gyrus (PHG), inferior occipital gyrus (IOG), and precentral gyrus. The enhanced functional connectivity between the left cerebellar Lobule VIIb and the right STG was positively correlated with the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaires (THQ) score (r = 0.577, p = 0.004). Furthermore, the increased functional connectivity between the cerebellar vermis and the right STG was also associated with the THQ score (r = 0.432, p = 0.039). Conclusions: Chronic tinnitus patients have greater cerebellar functional connectivity to certain cerebral brain regions which is associated with specific tinnitus characteristics. Resting-state cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity disturbances may play a pivotal role in neuropathological features of tinnitus.
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- Yuan Feng
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Du Y, Liu J, Jiang Q, Duan Q, Mao L, Ma F. Paraflocculus plays a role in salicylate-induced tinnitus. Hear Res 2017; 353:176-184. [PMID: 28687184 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Tinnitus impairs quality of life of about 1-2% of the whole population. In most severe situation, tinnitus may cause social isolation, depression and suicide. Drug treatments for tinnitus are generally ineffective, and the mechanisms of tinnitus are still undetermined. Accumulating evidence suggests that tinnitus is related to changes of widespread brain networks. Recent studies propose that paraflocculus (PFL), which is indirectly connected to various cortical regions, may be a gating zone of tinnitus. So we examined the electrophysiological changes and neurotransmitter alterations of the PFL in a rat model of sodium salicylate (SS)-induced tinnitus. We found that spontaneous firing rate (SFR) of the putative excitatory interneurons of the PFL was significantly increased. The level of glutamic acid, which is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system, was also dramatically increased in the PFL after SS treatment. These results confirmed the hyperactivity of PFL in the rats with SS-treatment, which might be due to the increased glutamic acid. Then we examined the SFR of the auditory cortex (AC), the center for auditory perception, before and after electrical stimulation of the PFL. 71.4% (105/147) of the recorded neurons showed a response to the stimulation of the PFL. The result demonstrated that stimulation of the PFL could modulate the activity of the AC. Our study suggests a role of PFL in SS-induced tinnitus and AC as a potential target of PFL in the process of tinnitus.
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- Yali Du
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China.
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, PR China.
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