Melatonin and other antioxidants prolong the postmortem activity of the outer hair cells of the organ of Corti: Its relation to the type of death

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Lopez Gonzalez, Miguel A ^a   Guerrero, Juan M ^b   Rojas, Francisco ^b   Osuna, Carmen ^b   Delgado, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Corti's organ; Distortion products; Melatonin pineal gland; Otoacoustic emissions; Outer hair cells; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTI ORGAN; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HORMONE ACTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; ISCHEMIA; MELATONIN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032823632     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1999.tb00599.x     Document Type: Article

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