Effects of exposing C57BL/6J mice to high- and low-frequency augmented acoustic environments: Auditory brainstem response thresholds, cytocochleograms, anterior cochlear nucleus morphology and the role of gonadal hormones

Hearing Research

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 60-71

  Willott, James F ^a,b   VandenBosche, Justine ^a   Shimizu, Toru ^a   Ding, Da Lian ^c   Salvi, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

ABR; Augmented acoustic environment; Cochleograms; Gonadal hormones; Hair cells; Hearing loss; Mouse; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HIGH FREQUENCY AUGMENTED ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOW FREQUENCY AUGMENTED ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL COUNT; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HEARING LOSS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37549042015     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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