Age-related hearing loss: Current research

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Gratton, Michael Anne ^b   Vázquez, Ana Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Ahl; Cadherin 23; Cochlea; Otocadherin; Presbycusis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME 10; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CORTI ORGAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EARDRUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GERBIL; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE EAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIRAL GANGLION; STRIA VASCULARIS;

ANIMALS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PRESBYCUSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0141729425     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200310000-00010     Document Type: Review

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