Peter A. Santi, PhD

Clinic Phone Number: 612-626-9882/1

Office Mail:
Room 121, LRB
2001 6th St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Office Location:
Room 121, LRB
2001 6th St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Email: psanti@umn.edu

Undergraduate Education: Florida State University
Graduate School: Florida State University
Year started in department: 1975

Research Interests: Dr. Santi is the director of the Cochlear Anatomy Laboratory in the Lions Research Building. The primary goal of this laboratory is to minimize or prevent hearing loss by improving our understanding of the structure and function of the mammalian inner ear. They are specifically interested in characterizing cochlear and vestibular glycoconjugates in the normal inner ear and how these macromolecules may be involved in hearing loss in acoustic overstimulation, ototoxic drug administration, Alport's syndrome, and Meniere's disease.

Grant Support - NIDCD, R21 DC05482, Mouse Cochlea Database, Principal Investigator, P. Santi , 4/15/02-3/31/04. http://mousecochlea.ahc.umn.edu/

Invited Lecture - Santi, P. A. (2002) Cochlear Matrix Macromolecules and their Role in Hearing, Nobel Symposium: "To Restore Hearing", Stockholm, Sweden, June. 2002

Research Lab: Cochlear Anatomy Laboratory

Publications:

Santi, P. A. and Mancini, P. (1992) Anatomy of the Cochlea and Central Auditory Pathways, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2nd. edition, Ed. Cummings, C. W., Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis.

Santi, PA and Mancini, P. (1998) Cochlear Anatomy and Central Auditory Pathways. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ed. C. Cummings, 3rd. Edition, pp. 2803-2830, Mosby, St. Louis.

Swartz DJ, Santi PA (1999) Immunolocalization of tenascin in the chinchilla inner ear. Hear. Res. 130:108-14.

Tsuprun, V. and Santi, P. (2000) Helical Structure of Hair Cell Stereocilia Tip Links in the Chinchilla Cochlea. JARO, 1:224-231.

Tsuprun, V. and Santi, P.A. (2000) Helical structure of hair cell stereocilia tip links In the chinchilla cochlea. JARO 1: 224-231

Tsuprun, V. and Santi, P.A. (2001) Proteoglycan arrays in the cochlear basement membrane. Hear Res 157: 65-76.

Tsuprun, V. and Santi, P.A.(2002) Structure of outer hair cell stereocilia side and attachment links in the chinchilla cochlea J. Histochem. Cytochem. 50: 493-502.