the spiral tube, shaped like a snail's shell, that forms part of the internal ear, converting sound vibrations into nerve impulses
Derived forms
cochlear (ˈcochlear)
adjective
Word origin
C16: from Latin: snail, spiral, from Greek kokhlias; probably related to Greek konkhēconch
Examples of 'cochleae' in a sentence
cochleae
Exposure to intense noise caused significant threshold shift and apoptotic activity in the cochleae.
Minal Patel, Qunfeng Cai, Dalian Ding, Richard Salvi, Zihua Hu, Bo Hua Hu 2013, 'The miR-183/Taok1 Target Pair Is Implicated in Cochlear Responses to Acoustic Trauma',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0058471. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A robust intracochlear peri-implant tissue response with neo-ossification was seen in all cochleae.
Alexander D Claussen, René Vielman Quevedo, Brian Mostaert, Jonathon R Kirk, WolframF Dueck, Marlan R Hansen 2019, 'A mouse model of cochlear implantation with chronic electric stimulation.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6472764?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Subsequently, the cochleae underwent secondary degeneration of the vestibular organs.
Wei Chen, Qing-Qing Hao, Li–Li Ren, Wei Ren, Hui-sang Lin, Wei-Wei Guo, Shi-Ming Yang 2018, 'Cochlear morphology in the developing inner ear of the porcine model of spontaneousdeafness', BMC Neurosciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12868-018-0426-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For quantitative measures, plastic embedded cochleae were sectioned followed by hair cell counting.
Claus-Peter Richter, Hunter Young, Sonja V. Richter, Virginia Smith-Bronstein, StuartR. Stock, Xianghui Xiao, Carmen Soriano, Donna S. Whitlon 2018, 'Fluvastatin protects cochleae from damage by high-level noise', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-21336-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It employs two microphones and a pair of silicon cochleae with address event interface for front-end processing.
Vincent Yue-Sek Chan, Craig T. Jin, André evan Schaik 2010, 'Adaptive Sound Localisation with a Silicon Cochlea Pair', Frontiers in Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2010.00196/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, we did find that macrophage-depleted cochleae contained reduced numbers of proliferative mesothelialcells below the basilar membrane.
Mark E Warchol, Reto A Schwendener, Keiko Hirose 2012, 'Depletion of resident macrophages does not alter sensory regeneration in the aviancochlea.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3519890?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immunohistochemistry localized caspase-3 expression mainly to the hair cells, spiral ganglion neurons, and stria vascularis in cochleae.
Xu Han, Ruli Ge, Gang Xie, Ping Li, Xin Zhao, Lixiang Gao, Heng Zhang, Oumei Wang,Fei Huang, Fengchan Han 2015, 'Caspase-Mediated Apoptosis in the Cochleae Contributes to the Early Onset of HearingLoss in A/J Mice', ASN Neurohttps://doi.org/10.1177/1759091415573985. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We removed uniquely preserved human cochleae during surgery for treating petroclival meningioma compressing the brain stem, after ethical consent.
Wei Liu, Matyas Molnar, Carolyn Garnham, Heval Benav, Helge Rask-Andersen 2018, 'Macrophages in the Human Cochlea: Saviors or Predators—A Study Using Super-ResolutionImmunohistochemistry', Frontiers in Immunologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00223/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)