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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2011.32.1.055

The Effect of Adaptation to Sound Intensity on the Neural Metabolism in Auditory Pathway: Small Animal PET Study  

Jang, Dong-Pyo (Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.32, no.1, 2011 , pp. 55-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
Although sound intensity is considered as one of important factors in auditory processing, its neural mechanism in auditory neurons with limited dynamic range of firing rates is still unclear. In this study, we examined the effect of sound intensity adaptation on the change of glucose metabolism in a rat brain using [F-18] micro positron emission tomography (PET) neuroimaging technique. In the experiment, broadband white noise sound was given for 30 minutes after the [F-18]FDG injection in order to explore the functional adaptation of rat brain into the sound intensity levels. Nine rats were scanned with four different sound intensity levels: 40 dB, 60 dB, 80 dB, 100 dB sound pressure level (SPL) for four weeks. When glucose uptake during the adaptation of a high intensity sound level (100 dB SPL) was compared with that during adaptation to a low intensity level (40 dB SPL) in the experiment, the former induced a greater uptake at bilateral cochlear nucleus, superior olivary complexes and inferior colliculi in the auditory pathway. Expectedly, the metabolic activity in those areas linearly increased as the sound intensity level increased. In contrast, significant decrease interestingly occurred in the bilateral auditory cortices: The activities of auditory cortex proportionally decreased with higher sound intensities. It may reflect that the auditory cortex actively down-regulates neural activities when the sound gets louder.
Keywords
Sound Intensity; Auditory processing; [F-18]FDG; small animal PET;
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