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ReviewHearing research2011

The spiral ganglion: connecting the peripheral and central auditory systems.

Bryony A Nayagam, Michael A Muniak, David K Ryugo

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Review in Hearing research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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127citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Traumatic brain injury impact on normal hearing.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026
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  5. Neural Hearing Loss: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment Horizons.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026
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  12. Targeted spiral ganglion neuron degeneration in parvalbumin-Cre neonatal mice.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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67 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

3 authors.

Bryony A NayagamDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Michael A Muniak
David K Ryugo

Funding

SINGLE-CELL MARKING STUDIES OF THE AUDITORY NERVER01DC000232 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RYUGO, DAVID K. · 1989 to 2010
$6.4M
STUDIES OF THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS GRANULE CELL DOMAINR01DC004395 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RYUGO, DAVID K. · 2000 to 2010
$3.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS DC000232NIDCD NIH HHS DC004395NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000232NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In mammals, the initial bridge between the physical world of sound and perception of that sound is established by neurons of the spiral ganglion. The cell bodies of these neurons give rise to peripheral processes that contact acoustic receptors in the organ of Corti, and the central processes collect together to form the auditory nerve that projects into the brain. In order to better understand hearing at this initial stage, we need to know the following about spiral ganglion neurons: (1) their cell biology including cytoplasmic, cytoskeletal, and membrane properties, (2) their peripheral and central connections including synaptic structure; (3) the nature of their neural signaling; and (4) their capacity for plasticity and rehabilitation. In this report, we will update the progress on these topics and indicate important issues still awaiting resolution.

Indexed as

AnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PathwaysCochlear NerveCytoskeletonHair Cells, AuditoryHumansNerve Growth FactorsNerve RegenerationNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsSpiral GanglionNerve Growth Factors

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PMID21530629
PMCPMC3152679

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