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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Valli, Paoloa | Botta, Lauraa | Zucca, Gianpieroa | Valli, Stefanoa | Buizza, Angelob; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy | [b] Department of Computers and Systems, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Angelo Buizza, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia PV, Italy. Tel.: +390382985359; Fax: +390382985373; E-mail: [email protected]
Note: [1] Preliminary results of this work have been presented during the 24th Bàràny Society Meeting, Uppsala, June 11–14th, 2006
Abstract: The physical mechanisms responsible for cupulolithiasis and canalolithiasis have been investigated by two groups of experiments in isolated posterior semicircular canal (SCC) of frog (Rana esculenta L.). First, clouds of 10-30 isolated otoconia were let to fall (snowfall of otoconia) either through the ampulla onto the cupula, or inside the long arm of the canal, opposite to the cupula. Second, microspheres ranging 30 to 350 μm in diameter were gently moved to and fro inside the long arm of the canal by a micromanipulator. The effects were evaluated by recording the firing rate (Nfr) of the ampullary nerve. Snowfall of otoconia produced detectable changes of Nfr only when otoconia got in contact with the cupula, but not when falling through the endolymph. Movement of the microspheres in the canal long arm induced Nfr changes only if the microsphere diameter exceeded about 50 μm. Although the exact microsphere size needed for receptor stimulation may depend on the experimental conditions, these results strongly suggest that debris moving inside a SCC (canalolithiasis) can produce transcupular pressures able to stimulate ampullar receptors only if they have suitable size, whereas isolated otoconia cannot, except when lying on the cupula (cupulolithiasis).
Keywords: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), canalolithiasis, cupulolithiasis, frog, isolated semicircular canal, otoconia
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2008-182-302
Journal: Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 18, no. 2-3, pp. 89-96, 2008
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