Exposure to an augmented acoustic environment alters auditory function in hearing-impaired DBA/2J mice

Hearing Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 101-113

  Turner, Jeremy G ^a   Willott, James F ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Development; Plasticity; Sensorineural hearing loss; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031900033     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(98)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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