一氧化氮对过氧化氢所致听力损失的保护作用

通过全耳蜗灌流法在体观察一氧化氮(N0)能否通过一氧化氮/环磷酸鸟苷(NO/cGMP)途径对抗过氧化氢这种氧自由基所致的听力损失。实验选用耳廓反射灵敏、无耳毒性药物使用史的健康杂色豚鼠(250-350 g)50只,雌雄不拘,随机分为5组,每组10只动物,分别行全耳蜗灌流人工外淋巴液;过氧化氢(H2O2);L-精氨酸(合成NO的底物);H2O2+L-精氨酸;H2O2+L-精氨酸+L-NNA(一氧化氮合成酶的抑制剂),均灌流2 h。通过圆窗龛电极,每隔30 min记录复合动作电位(compound action potential,CAP:由短声Click诱发)阈值,耳蜗微音器电位(cochlear microphonic,CM;由短纯音Tone Burst诱发)幅度,了解耳蜗功能的变化,并分离取出耳蜗基底膜并制备基底膜硬铺片,通过碘化毗啶(PI)和Hoecbst双染色方法,观察耳蜗组织各类细胞损伤情况。结果显示,灌流H2O2+L-精氨酸组的CAP阈移和CM下降幅度值明显低于单独灌流H2O2组,差异有显著性(氏P<0.05);前者形态学观察未见明显的细胞损伤,后者可见大量坏死红染的细胞。H2O1+L-精氨酸+L-NNA组CAP阈移和CM下降幅度与单独灌流H2O2组比较无统计学差异。实验结果提示NO可能通过NO/cGMP途径部分对抗过氧化氢所致的听力损失。     

L—天冬氨酸和草酰乙酸对豚鼠耳蜗电位的影响

用耳蜗灌流和电生理技术,研究了L—天冬氨酸(L—ASP)和草酰乙酸(Oxa)对豚鼠耳蜗电位的影响。对照灌流液为人工外淋巴液(Elliotts’液),试验液分别为20或25mM的L—ASP或10mM的Oxa,均做鼓阶灌流以进行比较。灌流液由电子微量泵驱动。在灌流过程中记录由短声引起的CM和APN_1,并在微处理机上作常规处理。20mM的L—ASP使APN_1振幅降低49％,P相似文献   

催产素影响耳蜗内直流电位的机理初探

采用耳蜗外淋巴灌流技术,观察了外源性催产素(OXT,0.04U/ml)对蜗内直流电位(EP)的影响。发现OXT灌流导致直接记录的EP值(G-EP)有微小下降,但可明显增大EP的负相成分(N-EP,由5mmol/L哇巴因灌流产生)的绝对值。OXT的这种作用可被氯化筒箭毒(dTC)阻断橄榄耳蜗束的传出控制所取消。文中讨论了OXT对EP两种成分影响的可能机制。     

记录豚鼠耳蜗电位的外耳道慢性电极植入法

本文介绍用外耳道慢性电极植入法可以在较长时间内记录到清醒豚鼠的耳蜗电位(CAP和CM)。正常豚鼠的CAP(N_1)最大振幅平均达70—80μV。CAP(N_1)的潜伏期、阈值和最大振幅在4个月内均较稳定。因此用此法能远期观察清醒豚鼠耳蜗听功能的变化。     

有关猫交叉听力及其对检测耳影响的初步研究

目的研究猫的交叉听力现象及其产生机理,初步探讨交叉听力对检测耳ABR振幅的影响。方法用彻底破坏一侧耳蜗的方法,观察16只听力正常家猫的交叉听力现象及其对检测耳的影响。结果①当短声强度≥75dB(SPL)时,开始出现交叉听力波形,声强增至95dB时,交叉听力波形最典型。②95dB短声产生的交叉听力波形可被40或45dB(SPL)的稳态白噪声（SWN）完全屏蔽掉。③在同一时间轴中比较95dB短声诱发的ABR和交叉听力波形,发现交叉听力之波谷恰与ABR之pⅢ、pⅣ波峰相对应。④两耳均正常时对侧耳负荷的40dBSWN可使95dB短声诱发的ABR之pⅢ、pⅣ波振幅增大,且具统计学意义（P＜0.01）。结论交叉听力对ABR振幅的影响取决于两者的波峰与波谷在同一时间轴上的对应情况,声强较大时记录到的ABR,实质上是交叉听力与刺激侧产生的ABR在同一时间轴上的综合电位。     

噪声短时暴露所致的耳蜗电位改变

本实验观察115dB(SPL)白噪声暴露20min对豚鼠耳蜗直流电位(EP),复合听神经动作电位(CAP),微音器电位(CM)的影响。发现此种噪声暴露确可提高源于血管纹的正EP(P-EP),说明有血管纹功能的代偿性增强;而负EP(N-EP)变化不大。AP及CM输入-输出函数的变化说明噪声首先影响外毛细胞的主动运动功能。EP与耳蜗电图的对照分析表明,血管纹功能的改变确能影响噪声性听损伤的发展。     

白噪声对听觉脑干电反应(ABR)和耳蜗电图(ECochG)的影响

本文通过20例听力正常人和10例听力正常豚鼠研究了白噪声对耳蜗电图(ECochG)和听觉脑干电反应(ABR)的干涉作用。实验结果表明,白噪声比短声(信号)的声强级低30dB(SL)以上时,ECochG和ABR的振幅仅轻微减小。白噪声与短声的声强级相等时,ECochG与ABR的振幅和出现率会明显受到干涉而减小,甚至完全消失。但是,此时的耳蜗微音器电位(CM)并未观察到有明显的变化。这意味着白噪声对ECochG和ABR的干涉作用主要与围绕毛细胞基底部的突触产生的抑制密切相关。由于白噪声对ABR各波的干涉有些差异,所以认为这种抑制,可能既包括脑中抑制也包括侧方抑制。     

提高外淋巴钙浓度对耳蜗电位的影响

本实验以人工外淋巴灌流方式,提高豚鼠耳蜗外淋巴液钙离子浓度（［Ｃａ２＋］ＰＬ）,观察蜗内直流电位（ＥＰ）和耳蜗电图（ＥＣｏｃｈＧ）的变化,ＥＣｏｃｈＧ包括听神经复合动作电位（ＣＡＰ）、耳蜗微音电位（ＣＭ）。结果可见：高钙灌流明显抑制ＣＡＰ幅值,延长同一声强下（９０ｄＢＳＰＬ）Ｎ１－峰潜伏期,但不改变ＣＭ的幅值及总和ＥＰ（Ｇ－ＥＰ）。高钙灌流降低了ＥＰ对噪声的给－撤声反应（ＥＰ－ＯＮ,ＥＰ－ＯＦＦ）和缺氧所得到的最大负ＥＰ（Ｎ－ＥＰ）绝对值。本文分析了外淋巴高钙影响耳蜗电位的可能机制。     

我国正常成人脑干听觉电反应各波潜伏期的测定

在10名正常被试者的20只耳,用不同强度的短声测定了脑干听觉电反应(BSR)的7个波的潜伏期(数值见表1),结果表明,各波的潜伏期都随刺激声强的减弱(80到0 dB)而延长,且呈直线函数关系,并且这种延长主要来自1波。由每个被试者两耳所诱发的 BSR 各波的潜伏期及其与刺激声强的变化关系都较为恒定和对称。V 波振幅较大,出现率较高,接近主观听觉阈值,是 BSR 中的主波,其潜伏期(声强80 dB 时为5.7±0.6毫秒)如明显超出此范围(6.3毫秒)或两侧不对称时,应考虑为异常。我们还在半数测试例中记录到Ⅷ波,关于它的生理意义,尚不清楚。     

有关猫听觉脑干电反应（ABR）两耳干涉作用的研究

用不同声强稳态白噪声和短声同时分别刺激两耳,观察白噪声负荷侧耳蜗破坏前后另一侧ＡＢＲ的改变,探讨两耳干涉作用及其可能的机制。结果显示,对侧耳蜗破坏前,４０ｄＢ和７５ｄＢ白噪声对０ｄＢ、４５ｄＢ、７０ｄＢ和７５ｄＢＳＰＬ的短声诱发的ＡＢＲ各波振幅均有明显影响（Ｐ＜０．０５０．０１）。耳蜗破坏后,同样条件下记录的ＡＢＲ振幅基本无明显变化（Ｐ＞０．０５）。提示白噪声对短声有一定的干涉作用。短声为７０ｄＢＳＰＬ时ＡＢＲＰ１波振幅的减小可能与中枢离中控制相关。     

Auditory cortex basal activity modulates cochlear responses in chinchillas

Background

The auditory efferent system has unique neuroanatomical pathways that connect the cerebral cortex with sensory receptor cells. Pyramidal neurons located in layers V and VI of the primary auditory cortex constitute descending projections to the thalamus, inferior colliculus, and even directly to the superior olivary complex and to the cochlear nucleus. Efferent pathways are connected to the cochlear receptor by the olivocochlear system, which innervates outer hair cells and auditory nerve fibers. The functional role of the cortico-olivocochlear efferent system remains debated. We hypothesized that auditory cortex basal activity modulates cochlear and auditory-nerve afferent responses through the efferent system.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Cochlear microphonics (CM), auditory-nerve compound action potentials (CAP) and auditory cortex evoked potentials (ACEP) were recorded in twenty anesthetized chinchillas, before, during and after auditory cortex deactivation by two methods: lidocaine microinjections or cortical cooling with cryoloops. Auditory cortex deactivation induced a transient reduction in ACEP amplitudes in fifteen animals (deactivation experiments) and a permanent reduction in five chinchillas (lesion experiments). We found significant changes in the amplitude of CM in both types of experiments, being the most common effect a CM decrease found in fifteen animals. Concomitantly to CM amplitude changes, we found CAP increases in seven chinchillas and CAP reductions in thirteen animals. Although ACEP amplitudes were completely recovered after ninety minutes in deactivation experiments, only partial recovery was observed in the magnitudes of cochlear responses.

Conclusions/Significance

These results show that blocking ongoing auditory cortex activity modulates CM and CAP responses, demonstrating that cortico-olivocochlear circuits regulate auditory nerve and cochlear responses through a basal efferent tone. The diversity of the obtained effects suggests that there are at least two functional pathways from the auditory cortex to the cochlea.     

Phenylalanine biosynthesis and its relationship to accumulation of capsaicinoids during Capsicum chinense fruit development

Activities of phenylalanine (Phe) biosynthetic enzymes chorismate mutase (CM) and arogenate dehydratase (ADT) and of phenylalanine ammonia lyase [PAL, an enzyme that directs Phe towards capsaicinoid (CAP) synthesis] were analyzed during Capsicum chinense Jacq. (habanero pepper) fruit development. A maximum CM activity coincided with a maximum CAP accumulation. However, ADT exhibited two activity peaks, one during the early phase (10 - 17 days post-anthesis, DPA) and another during the late phase (35 - 37 DPA); only the latter coincided with CAP. Interestingly, PAL activity was inversely related to CAP accumulation; lower activities coincided with a maximum CAP content. These results suggest the operation of a control mechanism that coordinated Phe synthesis and its channeling towards CAP synthesis during the course of fruit development.     

Evoked cochlear potentials in the barn owl

Gross electrical responses to tone bursts were measured in adult barn owls, using a single-ended wire electrode placed onto the round window. Cochlear microphonic (CM) and compound action potential (CAP) responses were evaluated separately. Both potentials were physiologically vulnerable. Selective abolishment of neural responses at high frequencies confirmed that the CAP was of neural origin, while the CM remained unaffected. CAP latencies decreased with increasing stimulus frequency and CAP amplitudes were correlated with known variations in afferent fibre numbers from the different papillar regions. This suggests a local origin of the CAP along the tonotopic gradient within the basilar papilla. The audiograms derived from CAP and CM threshold responses both showed a broad frequency region of optimal sensitivity, very similar to behavioural and single-unit data, but shifted upward in absolute sensitivity. CAP thresholds rose above 8 kHz, while CM responses showed unchanged sensitivity up to 10 kHz.     

降低外淋巴钙浓度对耳蜗电位的影响

本实验在人工灌流条件下降低鼓阶外淋巴钙的浓度,观察其对听神经动作电位（ＣＡＰ）、耳蜗微音器电位（ＣＭ）以及蜗内直流电位（ＥＰ）的影响,以分析钙离子的作用机制。无钙液鼓阶灌流使ＣＡＰ、ＣＭ幅度可逆地下降,但不明显地改变ＣＡＰＩ／Ｏ曲线的非线性特征。无钙外淋巴灌流并不改变ＥＰ以及用缺氧法得到的负相ＥＰ（Ｎ－ＥＰ）,但使ＥＰ对强声给－撤时的快速变化趋于消失。本文讨论了这些耳蜗生物电改变所提示的钙离子作用的可能机制。     

Oxytocin promotes functional coupling between paraventricular nucleus and both sympathetic and parasympathetic cardioregulatory nuclei

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) facilitates prosocial behavior and selective sociality. In the context of stress, OXT also can down-regulate hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity, leading to consideration of OXT as a potential treatment for many socioaffective disorders. However, the mechanisms through which administration of exogenous OXT modulates social behavior in stressful environmental contexts are not fully understood. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that autonomic pathways are components of the mechanisms through which OXT aids the recruitment of social resources in stressful contexts that may elicit mobilized behavioral responses. Female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) underwent a stressor (walking in shallow water) following pretreatment with intraperitoneal OXT (0.25 mg/kg) or OXT antagonist (OXT-A, 20 mg/kg), and were allowed to recover with or without their sibling cagemate. Administration of OXT resulted in elevated OXT concentrations in plasma, but did not dampen the HPA axis response to a stressor. However, OXT, but not OXT-A, pretreatment prevented the functional coupling, usually seen in the absence of OXT, between paraventricular nucleus (PVN) activity as measured by c-Fos immunoreactivity and HPA output (i.e. corticosterone release). Furthermore, OXT pretreatment resulted in functional coupling between PVN activity and brain regions regulating both sympathetic (i.e. rostral ventrolateral medulla) and parasympathetic (i.e. dorsal vagal complex and nucleus ambiguous) branches of the autonomic nervous system. These findings suggest that OXT increases central neural control of autonomic activity, rather than strictly dampening HPA axis activity, and provides a potential mechanism through which OXT may facilitate adaptive and context-dependent behavioral and physiological responses to stressors.     

腺苷对豚鼠耳蜗功能的影响

腺苷作为一种神经调质,能抑制多种递质的释放,发挥负反馈调节作用,用外淋巴灌流给药方法,观察了腺苷及其摄取抑制剂双嘧啶氨醇、受体拮抗剂茶 对豚鼠复合听神经动作电位、微音器电位、蜗内直流电位的影响。