Prolonged exposure to an augmented acoustic environment ameliorates age-related auditory changes in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice

Hearing Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 78-88

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

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Mouse model; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorineural hearing loss; Startle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032798896     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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