Alteration of the calcium content in inner hair cells of the cochlea of the guinea pig after acute noise trauma with and without application of the organic calcium channel blocker diltiazem

ORL

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 328-333

  Maurer, Jan ^b   Heinrich, Ulf Rüdiger ^c   Hinni, Michael L ^a   Mann, Wolf ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calcium channel blocker; Calcium localization; Cochlea; Diltiazem; Guinea pig; Hair cell; Noise exposure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PROTECTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DILTIAZEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED;

EID: 0032725145     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027694     Document Type: Article

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