The effects of moderate and low levels of acoustic overstimulation on stereocilia and their tip links in the guinea pig

Hearing Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-128

  Clark, J A ^a   Pickles, J O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

acoustic trauma; guinea pig; hair cell; stereocilia; tip link

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCILIUM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPIRAL GANGLION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030587150     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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