Aging, neurogenesis and neuroinflammation in hearing loss and protection

• Main Author: Marta Magarinos (auth)
• Other Authors: Isabel Varela-Nieto (auth), Marta Milo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; TGF-beta; Noise; Hair cells; redox balance; spiral ganglion neurons; Drug delivery; ARHL; Auditory Cortex; Lipid homeostasis; Inner ear
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Worldwide, 278 million people are estimated to have moderate to profound hearing loss. Age-related hearing loss, also known as presbyacusis, affects approximately half of the population over 60 years old, making it the second most common cause of disability in older people. Hearing loss occurs when...