DONNA WHITLON

Summary

Affiliation: Northwestern University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Survival and morphology of auditory neurons in dissociated cultures of newborn mouse spiral ganglion
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neuroscience 138:653-62. 2006
  2. ncbi Cryoembedding and sectioning of cochleas for immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization
    D S Whitlon
    Audiology and Hearing Sciences Program and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    Brain Res Brain Res Protoc 6:159-66. 2001
  3. ncbi Cochlear development: hair cells don their wigs and get wired
    Donna S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Institute for Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Searle Building 561, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 12:449-54. 2004
  4. ncbi Culture conditions determine the prevalence of bipolar and monopolar neurons in cultures of dissociated spiral ganglion
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Searle, Room 12 561, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neuroscience 146:833-40. 2007
  5. ncbi Spontaneous association of glial cells with regrowing neurites in mixed cultures of dissociated spiral ganglia
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Room 12 569, Searle Building, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    Neuroscience 161:227-35. 2009
  6. ncbi Purification and transfection of cochlear Schwann cells
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neuroscience 171:23-30. 2010
  7. ncbi Selectivity of neural stimulation in the auditory system: a comparison of optic and electric stimuli
    Agnella D Izzo
    Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering, 2145 Sheridan Road, Tech E310, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
    J Biomed Opt 12:021008. 2007
  8. ncbi Espins are multifunctional actin cytoskeletal regulatory proteins in the microvilli of chemosensory and mechanosensory cells
    Gabriella Sekerkova
    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    J Neurosci 24:5445-56. 2004

Research Grants

  1. DETERMINANTS OF NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE COCHLEA
    DONNA WHITLON; Fiscal Year: 1999
  2. DETERMINANTS OF NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE COCHLEA
    DONNA WHITLON; Fiscal Year: 2005

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Survival and morphology of auditory neurons in dissociated cultures of newborn mouse spiral ganglion
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neuroscience 138:653-62. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Cryoembedding and sectioning of cochleas for immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization
    D S Whitlon
    Audiology and Hearing Sciences Program and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    Brain Res Brain Res Protoc 6:159-66. 2001
    ..This method permits high quality cryosections to be cut which preserve overall structure and cellular resolution...
  3. ncbi Cochlear development: hair cells don their wigs and get wired
    Donna S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Institute for Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Searle Building 561, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 12:449-54. 2004
    ..This review highlights recent findings regarding the development of hair cell stereocilia and spiral ganglion neurons in the cochlea...
  4. ncbi Culture conditions determine the prevalence of bipolar and monopolar neurons in cultures of dissociated spiral ganglion
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Searle, Room 12 561, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neuroscience 146:833-40. 2007
    ..These experiments demonstrate that exposure to different environmental conditions can result in different morphologies in the surviving population of spiral ganglion neurons in culture...
  5. ncbi Spontaneous association of glial cells with regrowing neurites in mixed cultures of dissociated spiral ganglia
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Room 12 569, Searle Building, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    Neuroscience 161:227-35. 2009
    ....
  6. ncbi Purification and transfection of cochlear Schwann cells
    D S Whitlon
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neuroscience 171:23-30. 2010
    ..These methods will allow the in-depth characterization of cochlear Schwann cells and an evaluation of their biochemical, functional, and genetic mechanisms that may promote neurite growth from the spiral ganglion...
  7. ncbi Selectivity of neural stimulation in the auditory system: a comparison of optic and electric stimuli
    Agnella D Izzo
    Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering, 2145 Sheridan Road, Tech E310, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
    J Biomed Opt 12:021008. 2007
    ..In the auditory system, optical stimulation of nerves could have a significant impact on the performance of cochlear implants, which can be limited by the electric current spread...
  8. ncbi Espins are multifunctional actin cytoskeletal regulatory proteins in the microvilli of chemosensory and mechanosensory cells
    Gabriella Sekerkova
    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    J Neurosci 24:5445-56. 2004
    ....

Research Grants10

  1. DETERMINANTS OF NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE COCHLEA
    DONNA WHITLON; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..But in addition, the results will be pertinent to questions of neural regeneration. They will be relevant to experimental attempts to encourage reestablishment of functional fiber networks in the cochlea after nerve damage. ..
  2. DETERMINANTS OF NEURONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THE COCHLEA
    DONNA WHITLON; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..But in addition, the results will be relevant to questions of neural regeneration and bear on experimental attempts to encourage re-establishment of functional nerve fiber networks in the cochlea after nerve damage. ..