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Our previous studies in mice with genetic deletion of the adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) have demonstrated better preservation of cochlear afferent synapses and spiral ganglion neurons after noise exposure compared to wildtype mice. This has informed our current targeted approach to cochlear neuroprotection based on pharmacological inhibition of the A2AR. Here, we have used organotypic tissue culture of the Wistar rat cochlea at postnatal day 6 (P6) to model excitotoxic injury induced by N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)\/kainic acid (NK) treatment for 2 h. The excitotoxic injury was characterised by a reduction in the density of neural processes immediately after NK treatment and loss of afferent synapses in the presence of intact sensory hair cells. The administration of istradefylline (a clinically approved A2AR antagonist) reduced deafferentation of inner hair cells and improved the survival of afferent synapses after excitotoxic injury. This study thus provides evidence that A2AR inhibition promotes cochlear recovery from excitotoxic injury, and may have implications for the treatment of cochlear neuropathy and prevention of HHL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cells8080877","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,12]],"date-time":"2019-08-12T06:38:02Z","timestamp":1565591882000},"page":"877","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Inhibition of the Adenosine A2A Receptor Mitigates Excitotoxic Injury in Organotypic Tissue Cultures of the Rat Cochlea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Belinda RX","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology and The Eisdell Moore Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shelly CY","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology and The Eisdell Moore Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kristan","family":"Espinosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology and The Eisdell Moore Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter R","family":"Thorne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology and The Eisdell Moore Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Srdjan M","family":"Vlajkovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiology and The Eisdell Moore Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"505","article-title":"Degeneration in the cochlea after noise damage: primary versus secondary events","volume":"21","author":"Bohne","year":"2000","journal-title":"Am. 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