| Literature DB >> 25937135 |
Guoqiang Wan1, Gabriel Corfas2.
Abstract
Cochlear ribbon synapses are required for the rapid and precise neural transmission of acoustic signals from inner hair cells to the spiral ganglion neurons. Emerging evidence suggests that damage to these synapses represents an important form of cochlear neuropathy that might be highly prevalent in sensorineural hearing loss. In this review, we discuss our current knowledge on how ribbon synapses are damaged by noise and during aging, as well as potential strategies to promote ribbon synapse regeneration for hearing restoration.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25937135 PMCID: PMC4624482 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.04.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hear Res ISSN: 0378-5955 Impact factor: 3.208