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Audiogenic seizures can be induced in genetically non-susceptible 17-day-old mice (Rb/3 strain) with various results. Priming only induced 9% of seizures, auditory insulation 3,8%, while experimental otitis leads to 79%. The hypothesis concerning disuse supersensitivity subsequent to acoustic deprivation was not confirmed by the experiment. However, modification of acoustic transmission at middle ear lever induced by otitis, or ear physical damage during the maturation period, exposes the upper nervous centers to intense stimulation to which the reaction is a recruiting response.
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Niaussat, M.M. Experimentally induced otitis and audiogenic seizure in the mouse. Experientia 33, 473–474 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922218
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