Albinism and auditory function in the laboratory mouse. II. Effects of acoustic priming and cross-fostering.

Albino (c/c) and nonalbino (+/c and +/+) congenic C57BL/6J mice were examined for the effects of acoustic prestimulation (priming) on audiogenic seizures. While no genotypic-specific effects were noticed 1 day after priming, major effects were observed in separate groups of mice tested 5 days after priming. The c/c mice were most susceptible to audiogenic seizures, and no differences were observed between +/c and +/+ mice. While cross-fostering did not change this relationship, it provided protection from acoustic trauma is considered inconclusive because of the interaction of innate- and priming-induced audiogenic seizures in the +/c and c/c mice.