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  • Title: Variations of cochlear microphonic potential after sectioning efferent fibers to the cochlea.
    Author: Bonfils P, Remond MC, Pujol R.
    Journal: Hear Res; 1987; 30(2-3):267-71. PubMed ID: 3680069.
    Abstract:
    Cochlear microphonic (CM) potentials were recorded, in guinea pig, with differential electrodes before and after sectioning the medial efferent innervation at the level of the brainstem. Sectioning the crossed part of the medial efferent innervation did not change the CM whatever the frequency or level of stimulation used. Sectioning the medial--crossed and uncrossed--efferent fibers diminished CM amplitude at frequencies above 2 kHz. Thus, the ipsilateral medial efferent tract seems to be involved, through a tonic action, in controlling outer hair cell micromechanics.
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