Neuronal degeneration of primary cochlear and vestibular innervations after local injection of sisomicin in the guinea pig.
This paper reports on a dynamic study of the morphological changes within the cochlear and vestibular ganglia of the guinea pig after local application of Sisomicin in the inner ear. The treatment leads to a rapid, complete and irreversible destruction of the sensory cells in the cochlear and vestibular neuroepithelia. A progressive degeneration of the type I and type II afferent neurons, presenting a decreasing gradient from the base towards the apex of the cochlea, is rapidly observed and becomes almost complete as early as 15 days after the peripheral injury. Five months after the treatment the spiral ganglion cells have almost completely disappeared. At this time the vestibular ganglion cell density appears normal but the neurons exhibit important signs of alteration. Such damage to the cochlear and vestibular afferent neurons may result from either retrograde neuronal degeneration and/or direct neurotoxic effect of the drug. Thus the combination of the two mechanisms could lead to neuronal losses in spiral and Scarpa's ganglia after the local aminoglycoside intoxication of the inner ear. The difference in the time course of degeneration for these two afferent ganglia could be due to their specific susceptibilities or to their different anatomical locations.[1]References
- Neuronal degeneration of primary cochlear and vestibular innervations after local injection of sisomicin in the guinea pig. Dupont, J., Guilhaume, A., Aran, J.M. Hear. Res. (1993) [Pubmed]
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