Ultrastructural changes in otoconia of osteoporotic rats

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Vibert, Dominique ^a,c   Sans, Alain ^b   Kompis, Martin ^a   Travo, Cécile ^b   Mühlbauer, Roman C ^a   Tschudi, Ingrid ^a   Boukhaddaoui, Hassan ^b   Häusler, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium metabolism; Idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, women; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Otoconia

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OTOLITH; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHAM PROCEDURE; UTRICLE;

ACOUSTIC MACULAE; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CALCIUM; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VERTIGO;

EID: 49149083538     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000124277     Document Type: Article

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