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ReviewHearing research2010

Age-related loss of spiral ganglion neurons.

Jianxin Bao, Kevin K Ohlemiller

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Review in Hearing research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Cochlear Implant Insertion Trauma Is Associated With Spiral Ganglion Neuron "Dead Zones" in the Human.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026
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  10. Bats as instructive animal models for studying longevity and aging.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jianxin BaoFay and Carl Simmons Center for the Biology of Hearing and Deafness, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University Medical School, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. jbao@wustl.edu
Kevin K Ohlemiller

Funding

Sensory Function CoreP30DC004665 · NIDCD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FADDIS, BRIAN T · 2001 to 2015
$8.0M
Roles of Neurequlin-1 in Age Related Neuronal ChangesR01AG024250 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, JIANXIN · 2004 to 2009
$1.7M
Genetic Modulation of Noise Injury to the Cochlear Lateral WallR01DC008321 · NIDCD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI OHLEMILLER, KEVIN K. · 2007 to 2009
$861k
DEVELOPMENT OF A DRUG THERAPY TO AMELIORATE PERMANENT HEARING LOSSR21DC010489 · NIDCD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, JIANXIN · 2009 to 2010
$416k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG024250NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC004665NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC04665NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008321NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC010489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) are the relay station for auditory information between hair cells and central nervous system. Age-related decline of auditory function due to SGN loss can not be ameliorated by hearing aids or cochlear implants. Recent findings clearly indicate that survival of SGNs during aging depends on genetic and environmental interactions, which can be demonstrated at the systemic, tissue, cellular, and molecular levels. At the systemic level, both insulin/insulin-like growth factor-1 and lipophilic/steroid hormone pathways influence SGN survival during aging. At the level of organ of the Corti, it is difficult to determine whether age-related SGN loss is primary or secondary degeneration. However, a late stage of SGN degeneration may be independent of age-related loss of hair cells. At the cellular and molecular level, several pathways, particularly free radical and calcium signaling pathways, can influence age-related SGN loss, and further studies should determine how these pathways contribute to SGN loss, such as whether they directly or indirectly act on SGNs. With the advancement of recent genetic and pharmacologic tools, we should not only understand how SGNs die during aging, but also find ways to delay this loss.

Indexed as

ApoptosisAge FactorsAgingAnimalsHumansPresbycusisSignal TransductionSpiral Ganglion

Identifiers

PMID19854255
PMCPMC2868093

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