Morphological and functional modifications of the acoustic system in golden hamsters with acoustic generalized epilepsy
Sanz, F.; Gil-Carcedo, L.M.; Gómez, P.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 45(1): 5-12
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6519 PMID: 8204296 Document Number: 434769
We studied the role of the neuronal circuit consisting of the superior olive-cochlear hair cells-auditory nerve complex in the pathophysiology of reflex audiogenic generalized epilepsy in the epileptic golden hamster. A direct role of the auditory function can be assumed from the genetic lesions found in these animals' acoustic system. These animals are a model of the anatomopathologic substrate of a type of hereditary neurosensorial hypoacusia.