Comparison of the quantity of cochlear melanin in young and old C57BL/6 mice

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Hayashi, Hideo ^a,c,d   Sone, Michihiko ^a   Schachern, Patricia A ^c   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Paparella, Michael M ^c,e   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d International Hearing Foundation   (United States)

^e Paparella Ear Head and Neck Institute PA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRIA VASCULARIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STRIA VASCULARIS;

EID: 33847115378     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.2.151     Document Type: Article

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