N-Acetyl l-cysteine does not protect against premature age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice: A pilot study

Hearing Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 203-208

  Davis, Rickie R ^a,b   Kuo, Ming Wen ^c   Stanton, Susan G ^c   Canlon, Barbara ^d   Krieg, Edward ^a   Alagramam, Kumar N ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related; Auditory brainstem response; Cochleogram; Hearing loss; Mouse; Presbycusis; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BROMETHOL; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; WATER;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESBYCUSIS;

EID: 33947303079     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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