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The Effects of Acute Stress-Induced Sleep Disturbance on Acoustic Trauma-Induced Tinnitus in Rats
Joint Authors
Chien, Yi-Ting
Zheng, Yiwen
Stiles, Lucy
Darlington, Cynthia L.
Smith, Paul F.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chronic tinnitus is a debilitating condition and often accompanied by anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance.
It has been suggested that sleep disturbance, such as insomnia, may be a risk factor/predictor for tinnitus-related distress and the two conditions may share common neurobiological mechanisms.
This study investigated whether acute stress-induced sleep disturbance could increase the susceptibility to acoustic trauma-induced tinnitus in rats.
The animals were exposed to unilateral acoustic trauma 24 h before sleep disturbance being induced using the cage exchange method.
Tinnitus perception was assessed behaviourally using a conditioned lick suppression paradigm 3 weeks after the acoustic trauma.
Changes in the orexin system in the hypothalamus, which plays an important role in maintaining long-lasting arousal, were also examined using immunohistochemistry.
Cage exchange resulted in a significant reduction in the number of sleep episodes and acoustic trauma-induced tinnitus with acoustic features similar to a 32 kHz tone at 100 dB.
However, sleep disturbance did not exacerbate the perception of tinnitus in rats.
Neither tinnitus alone nor tinnitus plus sleep disturbance altered the number of orexin-expressing neurons.
The results suggest that acute sleep disturbance does not cause long-term changes in the number of orexin neurons and does not change the perception of tinnitus induced by acoustic trauma in rats.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zheng, Yiwen& Stiles, Lucy& Chien, Yi-Ting& Darlington, Cynthia L.& Smith, Paul F.. 2014. The Effects of Acute Stress-Induced Sleep Disturbance on Acoustic Trauma-Induced Tinnitus in Rats. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-493521
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zheng, Yiwen…[et al.]. The Effects of Acute Stress-Induced Sleep Disturbance on Acoustic Trauma-Induced Tinnitus in Rats. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-493521
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zheng, Yiwen& Stiles, Lucy& Chien, Yi-Ting& Darlington, Cynthia L.& Smith, Paul F.. The Effects of Acute Stress-Induced Sleep Disturbance on Acoustic Trauma-Induced Tinnitus in Rats. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-493521
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-493521