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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2017

Minimal Effects of Age and Exposure to a Noisy Environment on Hearing in Alpha9 Nicotinic Receptor Knockout Mice.

Amanda M Lauer

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Drug Discovery Targeting Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for Hearing Loss.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Auditory Behavior in Adult-Blinded Mice.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2022
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  10. Efferent Inhibition of the Cochlea.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2019
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  11. Enhancement of the Medial Olivocochlear System Prevents Hidden Hearing Loss.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanda M LauerDepartment of Otolaryngology-HNS, Center for Hearing and Balance, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD, United States.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

The Histology CoreP30DC005211 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FUCHS, PAUL ALBERT · 2002 to 2016
$9.1M
Training Program in Hearing and BalanceT32DC000023 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CULLEN, KATHLEEN E · 1989 to 2025
$8.7M
Perceptual and central auditory consequences of noise-induced hearing lossR03DC012352 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LAUER, AMANDA M. · 2013 to 2015
$495k
Medial olivocochlear protection from environmental noise exposureF32DC009353 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LAUER, AMANDA M. · 2008 to 2009
$101k
NIDCD NIH HHS F32 DC009353NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC005211NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC012352NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC000023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies have suggested a role of weakened medial olivocochlear (OC) efferent feedback in accelerated hearing loss and increased susceptibility to noise. The present study investigated the progression of hearing loss with age and exposure to a noisy environment in medial OC-deficient mice. Alpha9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout (α9KO) and wild types were screened for hearing loss using auditory brainstem responses. α9KO mice housed in a quiet environment did not show increased hearing loss compared to wild types in young adulthood and middle age. Challenging the medial OC system by housing in a noisy environment did not increase hearing loss in α9KO mice compared to wild types. ABR wave 1 amplitudes also did not show differences between α9KO mice and wild types. These data suggest that deficient medial OC feedback does not result in early onset of hearing loss.

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agealpha9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorauditory efferenthearing lossnoiseolivocochlear

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PMID28626386
PMCPMC5454393
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