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Liu, WeiUppsala universitet,Öron-, näs- och halssjukdomar
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The Pre- and Post-Somatic Segments of the Human Type I Spiral Ganglion Neurons - Structural and Functional Considerations Related to Cochlear Implantation
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.09.059DOI
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Human auditory nerve afferents consist of two separate systems; one is represented by the large type I cells innervating the inner hair cells and the other one by the small type II cells innervating the outer hair cells. Type I spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) constitute 96% of the afferent nerve population and, in contrast to other mammals, their soma and pre- and post-somatic segments are unmyelinated. Type II nerve soma and fibers are unmyelinated. Histopathology and clinical experience imply that human SGNs can persist electrically excitable without dendrites, thus lacking connection to the organ of Corti. The biological background to this phenomenon remains elusive. We analyzed the pre- and post-somatic segments of the type I human SGNs using immunohistochemistry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in normal and pathological conditions. These segments were found surrounded by non-myelinated Schwann cells (NMSCs) showing strong intracellular expression of laminin-beta 2/collagen IV. These cells also bordered the perikaryal entry zone and disclosed surface rugosities outlined by a folded basement membrane (BM) expressing laminin-beta 2 and collagen IV. It is presumed that human large SGNs are demarcated by three cell categories: (a) myelinated Schwann cells, (b) NMSCs and (c) satellite glial cells (SGCs). Their BMs express laminin-beta 2/collagen IV and reaches the BM of the sensory epithelium at the habenula perforata. We speculate that the NMSCs protect SGNs from further degeneration following dendrite loss. It may give further explanation why SGNs can persist as electrically excitable monopolar cells even after long-time deafness, a blessing for the deaf treated with cochlear implantation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of IBRO. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
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Edin, FredrikUppsala universitet,Öron-, näs- och halssjukdomar(Swepub:uu)freed431
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Atturo, FrancescaUppsala universitet,Öron-, näs- och halssjukdomar(Swepub:uu)fraat428
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Rieger, G.
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Lowenheim, H.
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Senn, P.
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Blumer, M.
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Schrott-Fischer, A.
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Rask-Andersen, HelgeUppsala universitet,Öron-, näs- och halssjukdomar(Swepub:uu)helgraan
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Glueckert, R.
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Uppsala universitetÖron-, näs- och halssjukdomar
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In:Neuroscience: Elsevier BV284, s. 470-4820306-45221873-7544
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