Auditory brainstem responses in Golden Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) affected with the Wh gene

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Amedofu, Geoffrey K P ^a   Gopal, Kamakshi V ^b   Asher Jr , James H ^c   Ahmadizadeh, Massum ^d   Moore, Ernest J ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SYRIAN HAMSTER; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CRICETINAE; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GENOTYPE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MESOCRICETUS; MUTATION; WAARDENBURG'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0032941849     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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