强噪声对脑干听觉通路的影响

噪声暴露可造成听觉暂时性听阈偏移(TTS)和永久性听阈偏移。研究噪声对听觉中枢的影响对了解TTS的产生机制和防治噪声对听觉系统的损伤有重要意义。     

强噪声暴露后听觉脑干电反应及皮层电反应的变化

为了观察噪声作用豚鼠后,在暂时性或移和永久性阈移期间,听觉末梢和听觉各级中枢电反庆的变化规律,我们进行了６２ｄ的测定。听神经电反应振幅减小２９％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,耳蜗核电反应振幅减小２８％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,上橄榄核电反应反而增加２１％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,中脑下丘的电反应振幅进而增大３７％（Ｐ＜０．０５）,听觉皮层电反应振幅却意外地增加１３１％（Ｐ＜０．００１）。这说明强噪声（１２５ｄＢ １５０ｍｉｎ     

人为噪声对动物的非听觉影响

噪声在环境中广泛存在,城市化的迅速发展也使野生动物接触到人为噪声的机会增大。越来越多的证据表明,人为噪声在许多方面影响着人类的健康以及野生动物的生存。对这些研究进行总结发现,噪声会改变动物的生理状态,使其处在较高的应激水平,进而影响动物的抗氧化能力和免疫能力,甚至使雏鸟的端粒缩短。人为噪声的存在还会影响动物的学习和认知能力,干扰动物觅食、交流等行为。这些因素累积就可能会降低动物后代的存活率,改变物种丰度,对动物的生存造成威胁。对人为噪声带来的非听觉影响的研究,有助于更全面地了解噪声的潜在危害,采取更为积极的缓解应对措施。     

叠加极低频噪声磁场诘抗连续微波对水迷宫大鼠认知行为负作用的实验观察

暴露于2450MHz连续(CW)微波 (功率密度 :2mW/cm2,SAR :1.2W/kg)的大鼠在水迷宫训练期特别是检测期显示了认知功能的下降 ,表明了空间“工作记忆”的消弱。但是 ,同时施加一个极低频 (ELF)噪声磁场 (rms:10μT) ,上述负效应完全消失。这一动物行为学结果暗示 ,时间不相干而空间相干的低强度ELF噪声磁场能长程抗拮大鼠对连续微波的负作用。     

叠架极低频噪声磁场诘抗连接微波对水迷宫大鼠认知行为负作用的实验观察

暴露于２４５０ＭＨｚ连续（ＣＷ）微波（功率密度：２ｍＷ／ｃｍ＾２,ＳＡＲ：１．２Ｗ／ｋｇ）的大鼠在水迷宫训练期特别是检测期显示了认知功能的下降,表明了空间“工作记忆”的消弱。但是,同时施加一个极低频（ＥＬＥ）噪声磁场（ｒｍｓ：１０μＴ）,上述负效应完全消失。这一动物行为学结果暗示,时间不相干而空间相干的低强度ＥＬＦ噪声磁场能长程抗拮大鼠对连续微波的负作用。     

稳态白噪声对豚鼠听觉脑干诱发反应(ABR)功率谱的影响

本文对豚鼠125和131dBSPL稳态白噪声暴露后听觉脑干诱发反应(ABR)功率谱进行了研究.研究结果表明:125dBSPL噪声暴露组0—200、210—500Hz频段谱能量比对照组相应频段谱能量增多(P<0.05),而510—900Hz频段谱能量却显著下降(P<0.01);131dBSPL噪声暴露组0-200Hz频段谱能量显著下降(P<0.01),但210-500Hz、910-1400Hz频段谱能量却明显增多(P<0.01).     

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。     

高压氧预处理对SPS暴露大鼠学习记忆能力以及海马神经元凋亡的影响

目的:研究高压氧(HBO)预处理对SPS暴露大学学习记忆能力及其大脑海马神经元细胞凋亡的影响.方法:48只雄性Sprague-Dawley大鼠(体重220-260 g)随机分为4组(n=12):对照(sham)组,高压氧(HBO)组,SPS组以及高压氧+SPS组.高压氧组每天1小时高压氧预处理(2.5个大气压,100%O2)连续5天;SPS组采用单次延长应激模型;高压氧+SPS组每天l小时高压氧预处理连续5天于最后一次预处理后24小时,制作SPS模型.4组大鼠于SPS暴露后72小时进行TUNEL染色,第15天经行水迷宫测试.结果:水迷宫实验中大鼠逃避潜伏期及游泳路径四组之间有明显统计差异[F0.01(3,28)=4.88＞4.57,P＜0.01;F0.01(3,28)=5.31＞4.57,P＜0.01].SPS组明显长于Sham组(P＜0.01),而高压氧预处理能够逆转这种效应(P＜0.01).游泳速度四组之间无明显统计差异[F0.05(3,28)=2.23＜2.95,P＞0.05]. SPS暴露后海马神经元细胞数量和密度明显减少,给予高压氧预处理后,神经元形态明显好转,但仍不及对照组.结论:高压氧预处理可以减少海马神经元细胞凋亡从而改善SPS暴露后大鼠认知功能障碍.     

噪声对大鼠学习记忆的影响

噪声污染已无可争议地成为城市的主要环境公害之一。在噪声对学习、记忆影响程度的研究方面,国内外多数学者认为噪声主要影响学习能力和短时性记忆,而对长时性记忆没有影响或影响较小,故研究工作多集中于短时记忆功能上。目前有关噪声对学习记忆影响程度的大小、作用途径和机理仍很不清楚。本研究以噪声作用下动物电击回避反应为模型,     

Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Quantification of Social Behavior in Adult Rats

Alterations in social behavior are among the major negative consequences observed in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs). Several independent laboratories have demonstrated robust alterations in the social behavior of rodents exposed to alcohol during brain development across a wide range of exposure durations, timing, doses, and ages at the time of behavioral quantification. Prior work from this laboratory has identified reliable alterations in specific forms of social interaction following moderate prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in the rat that persist well into adulthood, including increased wrestling and decreased investigation. These behavioral alterations have been useful in identifying neural circuits altered by moderate PAE¹, and may hold importance for progressing toward a more complete understanding of the neural bases of PAE-related alterations in social behavior. This paper describes procedures for performing moderate PAE in which rat dams voluntarily consume ethanol or saccharin (control) throughout gestation, and measurement of social behaviors in adult offspring.     

Rhythmic Pruning of Perceptual Noise for Object Representation in the Hippocampus and Perirhinal Cortex in Rats

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Prenatal Diazepam Exposure Affects β-Adrenergic Receptors in Brain Regions of Adult Rat Offspring

The postnatal development of [3H]dihydroalprenolol binding to beta-adrenergic receptors has been studied in frontal cortex, cerebellum, striatum, and hypothalamus of the rat after prenatal and perinatal exposure to diazepam. Dams were injected subcutaneously with single daily doses of 1 mg of diazepam/kg from day 7 to 20 of gestation or from day 15 of gestation to day 6 after birth. Prenatal exposure had no effect on litter size or length of gestation or on the postnatal development of body and brain weights of the progeny. However, a reduced mortality of the pups was observed in relation to vehicle-treated controls until postnatal day 10. Prenatal diazepam administration decreased [3H]dihydroalprenolol binding in frontal cortex, striatum, and hypothalamus but not in cerebellum. This decrease in beta-adrenergic receptor binding was due to a decrease in receptor density rather than in receptor affinity. In contrast, perinatal diazepam exposure led to a transient decrease in [3H]dihydroalprenolol binding limited to the frontal cortex. The permanent reduction in number of beta-adrenergic receptors, which depends on the scaling and duration of the drug application period, points to the necessity of a prolonged evaluation of effects of exposure to psychotropic drugs in early stages of brain development.     

Noise filtering in the auditory system of Locusta migratoria L

Many acoustically communicating grasshoppers live in crowded populations where sound of many individuals may cause permanent noise. Tympanic receptors and first-order auditory interneurons of Locusta migratoria code such noise tonically, whereas many higher order interneurons react only weakly. In response to simultaneously presented sound they exhibit a better signal-to-noise ratio than their presynaptic elements. Two possible filter mechanisms are suggested for noise reduction in higher-order interneurons: (i) high-pass filtering of receptor spike frequencies and (ii) filtering due to synchronization of receptor spikes. Different receptor spike frequencies were elicited by series of short noise pulses with variable repetition rates. Receptor activities differing in their degree of synchronization were elicited by sound stimuli with variable rising times. In contrast to the first order interneurons some higher order interneurons responded best to receptor spike frequencies above 150–200 Hz, thus showing the postulated filtering. Only one higher order interneuron (AN4) distinguished between synchronous and asynchronous receptor activities. It is suggested that high-pass filtering of receptor spike frequencies is responsible for the noise filtering observed in these interneurons. The synchronization selectivity of AN4 is proposed to be responsible for temporal pattern detection of conspecific sounds.     

Prenatal Stress Produces Social Behavior Deficits and Alters the Number of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons in Adult Rats

The present study investigated the long-lasting effects of prenatal repeated restraint stress on social behavior and anxiety, as well as its repercussions on oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP)-positive neurons of the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nuclei from stressed pups in adulthood. Female Wistar rats were exposed to restraint stress in the last 7 days of pregnancy. At birth, pups were cross-fostered and assigned to the following groups: prenatally non-stressed offspring raised by prenatally non-stressed mothers (NS:NS), prenatally non-stressed offspring raised by prenatally stressed mothers (S:NS), prenatally stressed offspring raised by prenatally non-stressed mothers (NS:S), prenatally stressed offspring raised by prenatally stressed mothers (S:S). As adults, male prenatally stressed offspring raised both by stressed mothers (S:S group) and non-stressed ones (NS:S group) showed impaired social memory and interaction. In addition, when both adverse conditions coexisted (S:S group), increased anxiety-like behavior and aggressiveness was observed in association with a decrease in the number of OT-positive magnocellular neurons, VP-positive magnocellular and parvocellular neurons of the PVN. The NS:S group exhibited a reduction in the amount of VP-positive magnocellular neurons compared to the S:NS. Thus, the social behavior deficits observed in the S:S and NS:S groups may be only partially associated with these alterations to the peptidergic systems. No changes were shown in the OT and VP cellular composition of the SON nucleus. Nevertheless, it is clear that a special attention should be given to the gestational period, since stressful events during this time may be related to the emergence of behavioral impairments in adulthood.     

变压器噪声暴露对SD大鼠听力及应激状态的影响研究

目的:探究短时间内低声级强度低频的变压器噪声暴露对SD大鼠听力及应激状态方面的影响。方法:选取90只SPF级健康无听力障碍的(雌雄各半)SD大鼠作为实验对象,随机分为实验A、B组和对照C组,A、B组分别给予声级上限为65 dB SPL、60 dB SPL(频谱范围:100~800 Hz)的变压器噪声,噪声暴露时程为8周,每日噪声给予时间为22点至次日8点,C组在相同条件下饲养,不给予噪声暴露。噪声暴露结束后,通过DPOAE(畸变耳声发射)、ABR(听性脑干反应)检测、耳蜗铺片及毛细胞计数对SD大鼠听力学状况进行评估;通过血清中促肾上腺皮质激素(ACTH)、血清皮质醇(CORT)对SD大鼠的应激状态进行评估。结果:在变压器噪声暴露的8周内,各组大鼠生长状况良好,体重均呈正常生理性增长,组间无明显差异(P0.05);在变压器噪声暴露8周后,对A、B、C三组大鼠的听力学指标进行两两比较,组间均无明显差异(P0.05),对大鼠血清中促肾上腺皮质激素(ACTH)、血清皮质醇(CORT)的含量进行三组间比较,组间差异均无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:连续暴露于声压级上限65/60 dB SPL,频谱范围为100~800 Hz的变压器噪声下8周(10小时/天)对SD大鼠听力未产生明显影响,未引发SD大鼠应激状态。     

煤气炮噪声暴露对家鸽粪便皮质酮变化的影响

煤气炮驱鸟是目前机场驱鸟的主要手段之一,主要依靠煤气爆炸产生的高分贝噪声。但是,鸟类在长期暴露于噪声条件下或者驱鸟时机把握不佳,鸟类可能习惯噪声甚至产生耐受性,进而影响驱鸟效果,相关量化研究仍较为缺乏。本研究以家鸽(Columba livia domestica)为研究对象,随机选取健康成年个体作为对照组用于检验环境背景噪声的影响;设置7个实验组,分别布设于20 m间隔的噪声源距离梯度,采集煤气炮噪声处理前1 d和处理后2 d、5 d、8 d、11 d、14 d、17 d、20 d的粪便样品,噪声持续暴露(4次/h)。采用酶联免疫吸附方法测定粪便皮质酮浓度。以粪便皮质酮浓度为因变量,以煤气炮噪声持续时间和距噪声源距离为自变量,进行Pearson相关性分析。采用单因素方差分析(ANOVA)进行差异分析。结果显示,家鸽粪便中皮质酮含量在距离煤气炮噪声源10 m处平均值达最大值,(174.67±5.09)ng/g(n=35),而最小值(139.42±0.92)ng/g(n=35)则出现在130 m。家鸽距噪声源距离与粪便皮质酮含量呈显著负相关关系,Pearson′s r=﹣0.954,P <0.01。噪声持续时间和距噪声源距离对粪便皮质酮均有显著影响,且二者存在交互作用,随着噪声源距离增大,皮质酮浓度回复到煤气炮噪声处理前水平所需时间越来越短。在噪声源距离大于90 m时,粪便皮质酮水平不随噪声持续时间变化而变化。粪便皮质酮水平可作为鸟类响应噪声刺激的生理反应指标,基于此评价了煤气炮噪声在机场驱鸟的有效性,为机场鸟击防治提供科学依据。     

The Influence of Noise and Non-Normality on Biserial Correlation Coefficients

The estimation of any biserial correlation coefficient is biased if noise-like processes are overlaid. We've carried out a computer simulation to study this effect. The effect can be described in a universal way. Additionally, we've varied the type of distribution within the simulation and compared this effect with the effect of noise. Based on this comparison, we've been able to draw some conclusions on the use of biserial correlation coefficients.     

背景噪声对人感知声音时间信息的影响

对声音时间信息的分辨在人和动物感知声音信息的过程中至关重要.在自然声环境中,声音信息总处于一定的噪声背景下.文章以间隔探测阈值为指标测定了人对纯音和噪声的间隔探测阈值,以及持续噪声背景对间隔探测阈值的影响.声音信号采用1000～10000 Hz的纯音信号和白噪声信号,声音强度为70 dB SPL.背景噪声为持续白噪声,强度分别为45、55、65 dB SPL.结果表明,对纯音信号,随着背景噪声强度增加,间隔探测阈值有升高的趋势.对噪声信号来说,45、55 dB SPL的背景噪声对噪声信号的间隔探测阈值无显著影响,但65 dB SPL的背景噪声使间隔探测阈值显著升高.研究结果提示,背景噪声能够在一定程度上影响人对声音时间信息的感知,影响的程度与背景噪声的强度有关.