The effectiveness of N-acetyl-l-cysteine (l-NAC) in the prevention of severe noise-induced hearing loss

Hearing Research

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Hamernik, Roger P ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Davis, Bob ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; l NAC; Noise trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL POPULATION; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; HEARING LOSS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NOISE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 42649116754     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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