NAC for noise: From the bench top to the clinic

Hearing Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 114-125

  Kopke, Richard D ^a,b,c   Jackson, Ronald L ^d   Coleman, John K M ^d   Liu, Jianzhong ^a,b,c   Bielefeld, Eric C ^e   Balough, Ben J ^d  

^a HOUGH EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute acoustic trauma; Hearing loss; NAC; NIHL; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PD 174494; RIBONUCLEASE INHIBITOR; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NAUSEA; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RENAL STONE FORMATION; STEADY STATE; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; SAFETY;

EID: 33947327098     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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