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  • Title: Cochlear nucleus lesions in the adult gerbil: effects on neurone responses in the contralateral inferior colliculus.
    Author: Moore DR, Kitzes LM.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1986 May 14; 373(1-2):268-74. PubMed ID: 3719311.
    Abstract:
    Unilateral cochlea ablation in neonatal gerbils has previously been shown to result in transneuronal degeneration of the ventral cochlear nucleus (CN) and enhanced responses of neurones in the contralateral inferior colliculus (IC) to ipsilateral stimulation of the non-ablated ear. Neither effect occurs in adult-ablated animals. To determine whether the lack of physiological change in the adult is due to the persistence of the ventral CN we lesioned the left CN of adult gerbils and recorded neurone responses in the right IC to stimulation of the right ear. Neurone thresholds, latency and intensity/response functions were unaffected by the lesion. The proportion of recording loci in the IC at which excitatory responses were obtained was also unaffected. A transient increase was observed in the maximum unit discharge level. The findings suggest that CN lesions in adults do not produce either the range or degree of neuronal changes resulting from neonatal cochlea ablation and the subsequent transneuronal degeneration of the CN. Thus, the effects of cochlea ablation are age-dependent.
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