June 18, 2024Hearing ResearchOpen Access

Layer-specific enhancement of visual-evoked activity in the audiovisual cortex following a mild degree of hearing loss in adult rats

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ASAshley L. SchormansWestern University BABrian L. AllmanWestern University

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Animal study demonstrates enhanced visual-evoked activity in the audiovisual cortex of adult rats with mild hearing loss, indicating thalamocortical contributions to crossmodal plasticity.

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Visual-evoked activity is enhanced in the granular layer of the audiovisual cortex following noise-induced mild hearing loss, reflecting thalamocortical plasticity.
Current source density analysis combined with pharmacological cortical silencing mapped laminar activity profiles in the lateral extrastriate visual cortex across rats.
Highlights how sensory loss reorganizes audiovisual integration through subcortical pathways; rat model requires further investigation in human auditory impairment.

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Schormans et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e64524b6db6435875d60fa https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2024.109071

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Animal study demonstrates enhanced visual-evoked activity in the audiovisual cortex of adult rats with mild hearing loss, indicating thalamocortical contributions to crossmodal plasticity.

Layer-specific enhancement of visual-evoked activity in the audiovisual cortex following a mild degree of hearing loss in adult rats

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Layer-specific enhancement of visual-evoked activity in the audiovisual cortex following a mild degree of hearing loss in adult rats

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