Decline in the endocochlear potential corresponds to decreased Na,K-ATPase activity in the lateral wall of quiet-aged gerbils

Hearing Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Gratton, M A ^a   Smyth, B J ^a   Lam, C F ^b   Boettcher, F A ^a   Schmiedt, R A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cochlea; Ion transport; Prebyabyacusis; Spiral ligament; Stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM);

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GERBIL; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA VASCULARIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; PRESBYCUSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030963031     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(97)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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