Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29941910›Full record

ArticleNature communications2018

Sensory overamplification in layer 5 auditory corticofugal projection neurons following cochlear nerve synaptic damage.

Meenakshi M Asokan, Ross S Williamson, Kenneth E Hancock, Daniel B Polley

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Parallel Age-Related Cochlear Neural Degeneration and Cortical Gain Adaptation in Normal-Hearing Humans.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  12. Aging in the Primary Auditory Cortex.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026
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  15. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Enhances CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meenakshi M AsokanEaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. masokan@g.harvard.edu.
Ross S WilliamsonEaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Kenneth E HancockEaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Daniel B PolleyEaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

Activity-Dependent Influences on Auditory CircuitsR01DC009836 · NIDCD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI POLLEY, DANIEL B. · 2009 to 2024
$6.7M
In Vivo Dissection of Auditory Corticofugal CircuitsF32DC015376 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY · PI WILLIAMSON, ROSS STEWART · 2016 to 2018
$181k
NIDCD NIH HHS F32 DC015376NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009836U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) DC009836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Layer 5 (L5) cortical projection neurons innervate far-ranging brain areas to coordinate integrative sensory processing and adaptive behaviors. Here, we characterize a plasticity in L5 auditory cortex (ACtx) neurons that innervate the inferior colliculus (IC), thalamus, lateral amygdala and striatum. We track daily changes in sound processing using chronic widefield calcium imaging of L5 axon terminals on the dorsal cap of the IC in awake, adult mice. Sound level growth functions at the level of the auditory nerve and corticocollicular axon terminals are both strongly depressed hours after noise-induced damage of cochlear afferent synapses. Corticocollicular response gain rebounded above baseline levels by the following day and remained elevated for several weeks despite a persistent reduction in auditory nerve input. Sustained potentiation of excitatory ACtx projection neurons that innervate multiple limbic and subcortical auditory centers may underlie hyperexcitability and aberrant functional coupling of distributed brain networks in tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Indexed as

Acoustic StimulationAdenoviridaeAmygdalaAnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PathwaysCochlear NerveCorpus StriatumFemaleHyperacusisInferior ColliculiMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBANeuronal Plasticity

Identifiers

PMID29941910
PMCPMC6018400
OpenAlexW2809620273

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