Publications by authors named "Ashley Martz"
Objectives: The long-term goal of this research is to determine whether the middle ear muscle reflex can be used to predict the number of healthy auditory nerve fibers in hearing-impaired ears. In this study, we develop a high-impedance source and an animal model of the middle ear muscle reflex and explore the influence of signal frequency and level on parameters of the reflex to determine an optimal signal to examine auditory nerve fiber survival.
Design: A high-impedance source was developed using a hearing aid receiver attached to a 0.
Article Synopsis
- * Understanding how interleukin-23 (IL-23) drives inflammation can help find new treatments to reduce complications from P. aeruginosa infections.
- * IL-23 influences two stages of the immune response: it helps recruit neutrophils early on, independent of IL-17, and later boosts IL-17 production, which further aids neutrophil recruitment during the infection.