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Protection from noise-induced hearing loss by Kv2.2 potassium currents in the central medial olivocochlear system.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 22 May 2013
Tong Huaxia, Kopp-Scheinpflug Cornelia, Pilati Nadia, Robinson Susan W, Sinclair James L, Steinert Joern R, Barnes-Davies Margaret, Allfree Rebecca, Grubb Blair D, Young Samuel M, Forsythe Ian D
Abstract excerpt
The central auditory brainstem provides an efferent projection known as the medial olivocochlear (MOC) system, which regulates the cochlear amplifier and mediates protection on exposure to loud sound. It arises from neurons of the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body (VNTB), so control of neuron...
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