Estrogen and hearing: A summary of recent investigations

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-14

  Hultcrantz, M ^a   Simonoska, R ^a   Stenberg, A E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Estrogen receptors; Fish; Gender difference; Inner ear; Mouse; Pregnancy; Rat; Sex hormones; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GROWTH HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FISH; GENDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATENT PERIOD; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TURNER SYNDROME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; EAR, INNER; ESTROGENS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING; HUMANS; MICE; PRESBYCUSIS; RATS; SEX FACTORS; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 28944441153     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510038617     Document Type: Review

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