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Noriko Nagase1,2, Hirokazu Kousaki1,2, Bakushi Ogawa1,2
1Division of Biological Principles, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
Experimental physiology
|February 24, 2025
概括
小鼠表现出超声波听力,通过骨检测到120kHz以上的声音. 这项研究揭示了超声波如何刺激小鼠的耳潜力和毛细胞电流.
科学领域:
- 听觉神经科学 听觉神经科学
- 哺乳动物生理学哺乳动物生理学
背景情况:
- 各种物种表现出不同的听力范围,超声波通过空气传导对人类来说是听不到的.
- 超声波听力,即对正常范围以上的声音的感知,可以通过骨传导发生.
- 小鼠具有很高的听力上限,但它们的超声波听力能力仍然未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究小鼠的超声波听力,特别是它们通过骨检测超声波的能力.
- 在小鼠中探索超声波在听力范围以上和正常听力范围内的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠的骨中应用了超声波刺激.
- 记录的耳微声潜力 (CM) 响应.
- 分析了CM同步,放大和抑制的次频率.
主要成果:
- 通过骨传递的听力范围 (>120 kHz) 以上的超声波在小鼠中唤起了CM.
- 唤起的CM与超声波同步并被超声波积极放大.
- 低调频率抑制了CM的幅度,表明毛细胞参与.
结论:
- 小鼠具有超声波听觉能力,可以检测超过120kHz的刺激.
- 在听力范围内和以上的超声波会诱导小鼠的毛细胞电流.
- 这项研究提供了在小鼠中功能检测高频声音的证据.
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