Physiopathology of the cochlear microcirculation

Hearing Research

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 10-24

  Shi, Xiaorui ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E;

AUTOREGULATION; COCHLEA; COCHLEA BLOOD FLOW; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOLYMPH; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HYDROPS; HYPERTENSION; INNER EAR; MENIERE DISEASE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERICYTE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRIA VASCULARIS; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 82755160765     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.08.006     Document Type: Review

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