ReviewNeural plasticity2020
Protection of Cochlear Ribbon Synapses and Prevention of Hidden Hearing Loss.
Review in Neural plasticity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Cisplatin Chemotherapy: Mechanisms Underlying Cochlear Retention and Long-Term Ototoxicity.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Is allergic rhinitis associated with hidden hearing loss in pediatric/adolescent patients? A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- PFAS Exposure Induces Hearing Loss by Targeting Cochlear Hair Cells, Ribbon Synapses, and Spiral Ganglions.Research square · 2025Article
- Randomized controlled trial of prednisone in treating acute subjective tinnitus patients with normal pure-tone thresholds.iScience · 2025Article
- The potential role of the SIRT1-Nrf2 signaling pathway in alleviating hidden hearing loss via antioxidant stress.Cell biology international · 2025Article
- The role of GDF15 in attenuating noise-induced hidden hearing loss by alleviating oxidative stress.Cell biology and toxicology · 2024Article
- Quantitative profiling of cochlear synaptosomal proteins in cisplatin-induced synaptic dysfunction.Hearing research · 2024Article
- Unraveling the molecular landscape of lead-induced cochlear synaptopathy: a quantitative proteomics analysis.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
- Candidate Key Proteins in Tinnitus: A Bioinformatic Study of Synaptic Transmission in Spiral Ganglion Neurons.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023Article
- Noise-induced hearing disorders: Clinical and investigational tools.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2023Article
- Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Vivo: Continuous Application of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Its Effect on Inner Ear Synapses, Auditory Function and Perilymph Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
In the auditory system, ribbon synapses are vesicle-associated structures located between inner hair cells (IHCs) and spiral ganglion neurons that are implicated in the modulation of trafficking and fusion of synaptic vesicles at the presynaptic terminals. Synapse loss may result in hearing loss and difficulties with understanding speech in a noisy environment. This phenomenon happens without permanent hearing loss; that is, the cochlear synaptopathy is "hidden." Recent studies have reported that synapse loss might be critical in the pathogenesis of hidden hearing loss. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the formation, structure, regeneration, and protection of ribbon synapses will assist in the design of potential therapeutic strategies. In this review, we describe and summarize the following aspects of ribbon synapses: (1) functional and structural features, (2) potential mechanisms of damage, (3) therapeutic research on protecting the synapses, and (4) the role of synaptic regeneration in auditory neuropathy and the current options for synapse rehabilitation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.