Hearing loss following exposure during development to polychlorinated biphenyls: A cochlear site of action

Hearing Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 196-204

  Crofton, Kevin M ^a   Ding, Da Lian ^b   Padich, Robert ^c   Taylor, Michele ^a   Henderson, Donald ^b  

^a Neurotoxicology Division   (United States)

^b Hearing Research Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical hair cell; Hair cell loss; Ototoxicity; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1254; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL LOSS; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; DEAFNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0034109182     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(00)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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