An electrophysiological study of the effects of acute methylmercury chloride exposure on the function of the guinea pig cochlea

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 675-680

  Hotta, Shuichiroh ^a   Itoh, Toshihiro ^a   Matsui, Toshihito ^a   Yamamura, Kohtaroh ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear microphonics; Compound action potential; Endocochlear potential; K+ ion; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOLYMPH; GUINEA PIG; INNER EAR; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030776391     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113459     Document Type: Article

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