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Liang J, Wang J, Yao W, Zhou L, Huang X. Behavioral characteristics in sensing mechanism of the Corti. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:1797-1806. [PMID: 36915377 PMCID: PMC10006463 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Some experiments can't be realized because the cochlea's Corti is the most delicate and complex sensory organ. In this paper, some typical and special behavioral characteristics in the process of sensation were found in medical clinic. Based on the interdisciplinary principles of medicine, physics and biology, a real numerical simulation model of Corti is established. On the basis of verifying the correctness of the model, the mechanism corresponding to these typical and special behavior characteristics in the process of sensation is explored through simulation calculation and analysis. This study provides theoretical and applied basis for people to better understand the sound sensing mechanism, and provides a numerical simulation platform for further analyzing Corti's sensing mechanism and good clinical application.
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- Junyi Liang
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai 200072, PR China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai 200072, PR China
- Corresponding authors.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR China
- Corresponding authors.
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Zhou W, Jabeen T, Sabha S, Becker J, Nam JH. Deiters Cells Act as Mechanical Equalizers for Outer Hair Cells. J Neurosci 2022; 42:8361-8372. [PMID: 36123119 PMCID: PMC9653280 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2417-21.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The outer hair cells in the mammalian cochlea are cellular actuators essential for sensitive hearing. The geometry and stiffness of the structural scaffold surrounding the outer hair cells will determine how the active cells shape mammalian hearing by modulating the organ of Corti (OoC) vibrations. Specifically, the tectorial membrane and the Deiters cell are mechanically in series with the hair bundle and soma, respectively, of the outer hair cell. Their mechanical properties and anatomic arrangement must determine the relative motion among different OoC structures. We measured the OoC mechanics in the cochleas acutely excised from young gerbils of both sexes at a resolution fine enough to distinguish the displacement of individual cells. A three-dimensional finite element model of fully deformable OoC was exploited to analyze the measured data in detail. As a means to verify the computer model, the basilar membrane deformations because of static and dynamic stimulations were measured and simulated. Two stiffness ratios have been identified that are critical to understand cochlear physics, which are the stiffness of the tectorial membrane with respect to the hair bundle and the stiffness of the Deiters cell with respect to the outer hair cell body. Our measurements suggest that the Deiters cells act like a mechanical equalizer so that the outer hair cells are constrained neither too rigidly nor too weakly.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Mammals can detect faint sounds thanks to the action of mammalian-specific receptor cells called the outer hair cells. It is getting clearer that understanding the interactions between the outer hair cells and their surrounding structures such as the tectorial membrane and the Deiters cell is critical to resolve standing debates. Depending on theories, the stiffness of those two structures ranges from negligible to rigid. Because of their perceived importance, their properties have been measured in previous studies. However, nearly all existing data were obtained ex situ (after they were detached from the outer hair cells), which obscures their interaction with the outer hair cells. We quantified the mechanical properties of the tectorial membrane and the Deiters cell in situ.
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627
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- Departments of Mechanical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627
- Neuroscience Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14627
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Sánchez-Benito D, Hyppolito MA, Alvarez-Morujo AJ, López DE, Gómez-Nieto R. Morphological and molecular correlates of altered hearing sensitivity in the genetically audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/Sal. Hear Res 2020; 392:107973. [PMID: 32402894 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.107973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Rodent models of audiogenic seizures, in which seizures are precipitated by an abnormal response of the brain to auditory stimuli, are crucial to investigate the neural bases underlying ictogenesis. Despite significant advances in understanding seizure generation in the inferior colliculus, namely the epileptogenic nucleus, little is known about the contribution of lower auditory stations to the seizure-prone network. Here, we examined the cochlea and cochlear nucleus of the genetic audiogenic seizure hamster from Salamanca (GASH/Sal), a model of reflex epilepsy that exhibits generalized tonic-clonic seizures in response to loud sound. GASH/Sal animals under seizure-free conditions were compared with matched control hamsters in a multi-technical approach that includes auditory brainstem responses (ABR) testing, histology, scanning electron microscopy analysis, immunohistochemistry, quantitative morphometry and gene expression analysis (RT-qPCR). The cochlear histopathology of the GASH/Sal showed preservation of the sensory hair cells, but a significant loss of spiral ganglion neurons and mild atrophy of the stria vascularis. At the electron microscopy level, the reticular lamina exhibited disarray of stereociliary tufts with blebs, loss or elongated stereocilia as well as non-parallel rows of outer hair cells due to protrusions of Deiters' cells. At the molecular level, the abnormal gene expression patterns of prestin, cadherin 23, protocadherin 15, vesicular glutamate transporters 1 (Vglut1) and -2 (Vglut2) indicated that the hair-cell mechanotransduction and cochlear amplification were markedly altered. These were manifestations of a cochlear neuropathy that correlated to ABR waveform I alterations and elevated auditory thresholds. In the cochlear nucleus, the distribution of VGLUT2-immunolabeled puncta was differently affected in each subdivision, showing significant increases in magnocellular regions of the ventral cochlear nucleus and drastic reductions in the granule cell domain. This modified inputs lead to disruption of Vglut1 and Vglut2 gene expression in the cochlear nucleus. In sum, our study provides insight into the morphological and molecular traits associated with audiogenic seizure susceptibility in the GASH/Sal, suggesting an upward spread of abnormal glutamatergic transmission throughout the primary acoustic pathway to the epileptogenic region.
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- David Sánchez-Benito
- Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (INCYL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology of Hearing, Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (INCYL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (INCYL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León (INCYL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
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Marnell D, Jabeen T, Nam JH. Hydrostatic measurement and finite element simulation of the compliance of the organ of Corti complex. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2018; 143:735. [PMID: 29495686 PMCID: PMC5803005 DOI: 10.1121/1.5023206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the mammalian cochlea, the geometrical and mechanical properties of the organ of Corti complex (OCC, consisting of the tectorial membrane, the organ of Corti, and the basilar membrane) have fundamental consequences for understanding the physics of hearing. Despite efforts to correlate the mechanical properties of the OCC with cochlear function, experimental data of OCC stiffness are limited due to difficulties in measurement. Modern measurements of the OCC stiffness use microprobes exclusively, but suffer ambiguity when defining the physiologically relevant stiffness due to the high nonlinearity in the force-displacement relationship. The nonlinearity stems from two sources. First, microprobes apply local force instead of fluid pressure across the OCC. Second, to obtain the functionally relevant stiffness, the OCC is deformed well beyond in vivo levels (>10 μm). The objective of this study was to develop an alternative technique to overcome challenges intrinsic to the microprobe method. Using a custom-designed microfluidic chamber system, hydrostatic pressures were applied to the excised gerbil cochlea. Deformations of the OCC due to hydrostatic pressures were analyzed through optical-axis image correlation. The pressure-displacement relationship was linear within nanoscale displacement ranges (<1 μm). To compare the results in this paper with existing measurements, a three-dimensional finite element model was used.
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- Daniel Marnell
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 204 Goergen Hall, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 204 Goergen Hall, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, 212 Hopeman Engineering Building, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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YAO WENJUAN, CHEN YIQIANG. NUMERICAL SIMULATION ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF OUTER STEREOCILIA IN CORTI. J MECH MED BIOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219519417500452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this paper, a two-dimensional model of the organ of Corti (OC) which includes basilar membrane (BM), tectorial membrane (TM), inner and outer hair cells and reticular lamina (RL) is established by Comsol. Based on experimental data that sinusoidal excitation was applied on the pectinate zone of the BM, the incentives are added to the corresponding position of the model. Transient analysis is made and the displacement of six different positions is achieved. The results are in good agreement with experimental data, which confirms the validity of the FE model. Based on time-domain and frequency-domain analysis, the relative motion between stereocilia and TM and RL is studied under sinusoidal excitation. The results show that, under time-domain analysis, the whole trend of relative displacement and velocity difference of Inner is similar to that of Outer, while there is little different when comparing with Middle. The relative velocity difference of Middle and Inner lag behind Outer with roughly 0.01[Formula: see text]s. Under frequency-domain analysis, at characteristic frequency, the deviation of each stereocilium is the largest. In the meantime, the frequency that the maximum value of outer stereocilia achieved is different. This new finding may cause the difference of lateral vibration of BM and indicate the frequency sensitivity of BM.
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- WENJUAN YAO
- Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, P.O. Box 47, No 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, P. R. China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, P.O. Box 47, No 149 Yanchang Road, Shanghai, 200072, P. R. China
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All Three Rows of Outer Hair Cells Are Required for Cochlear Amplification. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:727434. [PMID: 26295049 PMCID: PMC4534751 DOI: 10.1155/2015/727434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the mammalian auditory system, the three rows of outer hair cells (OHCs) located in the cochlea are thought to increase the displacement amplitude of the organ of Corti. This cochlear amplification is thought to contribute to the high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, and sharp frequency selectivity of the hearing system. Recent studies have shown that traumatic stimuli, such as noise exposure and ototoxic acid, cause functional loss of OHCs in one, two, or all three rows. However, the degree of decrease in cochlear amplification caused by such functional losses remains unclear. In the present study, a finite element model of a cross section of the gerbil cochlea was constructed. Then, to determine effects of the functional losses of OHCs on the cochlear amplification, changes in the displacement amplitude of the basilar membrane (BM) due to the functional losses of OHCs were calculated. Results showed that the displacement amplitude of the BM decreases significantly when a single row of OHCs lost its function, suggesting that all three rows of OHCs are required for cochlear amplification.
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Nam JH, Fettiplace R. Force transmission in the organ of Corti micromachine. Biophys J 2010; 98:2813-21. [PMID: 20550893 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2009] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Auditory discrimination is limited by the performance of the cochlea whose acute sensitivity and frequency tuning are underpinned by electromechanical feedback from the outer hair cells. Two processes may underlie this feedback: voltage-driven contractility of the outer hair cell body and active motion of the hair bundle. Either process must exert its mechanical effect via deformation of the organ of Corti, a complex assembly of sensory and supporting cells riding on the basilar membrane. Using finite element analysis, we present a three-dimensional model to illustrate deformation of the organ of Corti by the two active processes. The model used available measurements of the properties of structural components in low-frequency and high-frequency regions of the rodent cochlea. The simulations agreed well with measurements of the cochlear partition stiffness, the longitudinal space constant for point deflection, and the deformation of the organ of Corti for current injection, as well as displaying a 20-fold increase in passive resonant frequency from apex to base. The radial stiffness of the tectorial membrane attachment was found to be a crucial element in the mechanical feedback. Despite a substantial difference in the maximum force generated by hair bundle and somatic motility, the two mechanisms induced comparable amplitudes of motion of the basilar membrane but differed in the polarity of their feedback on hair bundle position. Compared to the hair bundle motor, the somatic motor was more effective in deforming the organ of Corti than in displacing the basilar membrane.
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- Jong-Hoon Nam
- Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Szucs A, Somodi S, Batta TJ, Tóth A, Szigeti GP, Csernoch L, Panyi G, Sziklai I. Differential expression of potassium currents in Deiters cells of the guinea pig cochlea. Pflugers Arch 2006; 452:332-41. [PMID: 16447073 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-0038-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2005] [Revised: 10/03/2005] [Accepted: 12/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Among the supporting cells, Deiters cells are in intimate contact with outer hair cells (OHCs) in the inner ear. The aim of this study was to characterize the outward rectifying K+ current of Deiters cells in conjunction with cellular morphological characteristics. In the majority of cells, the K+ current had a biphasic inactivation kinetics (tau1 and tau2 were 2,735+/-90 (n=77) and 160+/-14 ms (n=72), respectively). The rapidly inactivating current component was more sensitive to Charybdotoxin (ChTx, 10 nM) block whereas the slowly inactivating current could be blocked more efficiently by tetraethylammonium (1 mM). All these point toward the existence of two distinct potassium channel types in these cells. Deiters cells attached to shorter OHCs had more voluminous, whereas those attached to longer OHCs had lanky cell bodies. The inactivation kinetics was slower in cells having corpulent cell bodies due to the increased proportion of the slowly inactivating current component (0.736+/-0.033, n=27) as compared to the one determined for lanky cells (0.522+/-0.023, n=36). The average peak K+ current was higher in Deiters cells connected to OHCs (5,417+/-541 pA, n=40) than in isolated ones (3,527+/-410, n=37). Deiters cells having different cell shapes and showing different K+ channel expression may contribute to the active mechanism of the cochlea to various degrees.
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- Attila Szucs
- Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical and Health Science Center, Medical School, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Liao Z, Popel AS, Brownell WE, Spector AA. High-frequency force generation in the constrained cochlear outer hair cell: a model study. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2005; 6:378-89. [PMID: 16237583 PMCID: PMC2504621 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-005-0015-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2005] [Accepted: 08/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cochlear outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility is believed to be responsible for the sensitivity and frequency selectivity of the mammalian hearing process. Its contribution to hearing is better understood by examining the force generated by the OHC as a feedback to vibration of the basilar membrane (BM). In this study, we examine the effects of the constraints imposed on the OHC and of the surrounding fluids on the cell's high-frequency active force generated under in vitro and in vivo conditions. The OHC is modeled as a viscoelastic and piezoelectric cylindrical shell coupled with viscous intracellular and extracellular fluids, and the constraint is represented by a spring with adjustable stiffness. The solution is obtained in the form of a Fourier series. The model results are consistent with previously reported experiments under both low- and high-frequency conditions. We find that constrained OHCs achieve a much higher corner frequency than free OHCs, depending on the stiffness of the constraint. We analyze cases in which the stiffness of the constraint is similar to that of the BM, reticular lamina, and tectorial membrane, and find that the force per unit transmembrane potential generated by the OHC can be constant up to several tens of kHz. This model, describing the OHC as a local amplifier, can be incorporated into a global cochlear model that considers cochlear hydrodynamics and frequency modulation of the receptor potential, as well as the graded BM stiffness and OHC length.
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- Zhijie Liao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Andoh M, Wada H. Prediction of the characteristics of two types of pressure waves in the cochlea: theoretical considerations. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2004; 116:417-425. [PMID: 15296002 DOI: 10.1121/1.1763599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The aim of this study was to predict the characteristics of two types of cochlear pressure waves, so-called fast and slow waves. A two-dimensional finite-element model of the organ of Corti (OC), including fluid-structure interaction with the surrounding lymph fluid, was constructed. The geometry of the OC at the basal turn was determined from morphological measurements of others in the gerbil hemicochlea. As far as mechanical properties of the materials within the OC are concerned, previously determined mechanical properties of portions within the OC were adopted, and unknown mechanical features were determined from the published measurements of static stiffness. Time advance of the fluid-structure scheme was achieved by a staggered approach. Using the model, the magnitude and phase of the fast and slow waves were predicted so as to fit the numerically obtained pressure distribution in the scala tympani with what is known about intracochlear pressure measurement. When the predicted pressure waves were applied to the model, the numerical result of the velocity of the basilar membrane showed good agreement with the experimentally obtained velocity of the basilar membrane documented by others. Thus, the predicted pressure waves appeared to be reliable. Moreover, it was found that the fluid-structure interaction considerably influences the dynamic behavior of the OC at frequencies near the characteristic frequency.
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- Masayoshi Andoh
- Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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Laffon E, Bernard V, Montaudon M, Marthan R, Barat JL, Laurent F. Tuning of pulmonary arterial circulation evidenced by MR phase mapping in healthy volunteers. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 90:469-74. [PMID: 11160044 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.2.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance (MR) phase mapping was used to noninvasively assess both blood flow and cross-sectional area (CSA) in the main pulmonary artery (MPA) of 12 healthy volunteers. Flow and CSA patterns exhibited two positive peaks: high systolic and small diastolic. This finding can be explained using a simple "distributed" theoretical model that takes into account the role of a reflected pressure wave from pulmonary vascular impedance in generating a diastolic flow. The mean reflection coefficient of pressure wave, MPA input impedance, and pulmonary vascular impedance were assessed. We verified, in this series, that pressure wave velocity appears to be age-dependent. MR phase mapping has been used to observe the tuning (resonance) of the right cardiovascular system at rest under physiological conditions. MR phase mapping could be used to assess pathological modifications of the tuning that occurs in cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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- E Laffon
- Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, 33604 Pessac, France.
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Parthasarathi AA, Grosh K, Nuttall AL. Three-dimensional numerical modeling for global cochlear dynamics. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2000; 107:474-485. [PMID: 10641655 DOI: 10.1121/1.428352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A hybrid analytical-numerical model using Galerkin approximation to variational equations has been developed for predicting global cochlear responses. The formulation provides a flexible framework capable of incorporating morphologically based mechanical models of the cochlear partition and realistic geometry. The framework is applied for a simplified model with an emphasis on application of hybrid methods for three-dimensional modeling. The resulting formulation is modular, where matrices representing fluid and cochlear partition are constructed independently. Computational cost is reduced using two methods, a modal-finite-element method and a boundary element-finite-element method. The first uses a cross-mode expansion of fluid pressure (2.5D model) and the second uses a waveguide Green's-function-based boundary element method (BEM). A novel wave number approach to the boundary element formulation for interior problem results in efficient computation of the finite-element matrix. For the two methods a convergence study is undertaken using a simplified passive structural model of cochlear partition. It is shown that basilar membrane velocity close to best place is influenced by fluid and structural discretization. Cochlear duct pressure fields are also shown demonstrating the 3D nature of pressure near best place.
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- A A Parthasarathi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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