Ginsenoside Rb1 protects against damage to the spiral ganglion cells after cochlear ischemia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 415, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-117

  Fujita, Kensuke ^a   Hakuba, Nobuhiro ^a   Hata, Ryuji ^a   Morizane, Isao ^a   Yoshida, Tadashi ^a   Shudou, Masachika ^a   Sakanaka, Masahiro ^a   Gyo, Kiyofumi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bcl xL protein; Ginsenoside Rb1; Spiral ganglion cells; Transient cochlear ischemia; TUNEL staining

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE RB 1; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GERBIL; HEARING LOSS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR DISEASE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL COUNT; COCHLEAR DISEASES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GERBILLINAE; GINSENOSIDES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ISCHEMIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 33847697715     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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