Possible involvement of nitric oxide in the sensorineural hearing loss of bacterial meningitis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-336

  Amaee, Farzin Robert ^a   Comis, Spiro D ^a   Osborne, Michael P ^a   Drew, Shelley ^a   Tarlow, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cochlea; N methyl D asparic acid (NMDA); nitric oxide donors; ototoxicity; pneumolysin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COCHLEA; COCHLEA INJURY; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030914233     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113403     Document Type: Article

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