Quantitative measures of hair cell loss in CBA and C57BL/6 mice throughout their life spans.

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Quantitative measures of hair cell loss in CBA and C57BL/6 mice throughout their life spans.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America - 1 Jun 1997

Spongr V P, Flood D G, Frisina R D, Salvi R J

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The CBA mouse shows little evidence of hearing loss until late in life, whereas the C57BL/6 strain develops a severe and progressive, high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss beginning around 3-6 months of age. These functional differences have been linked to genetic differences in the amount of...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Cell Count
Cell Death
Female
Genotype
Hair Cells, Auditory
Hearing Loss, High-Frequency
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred CBA
Presbycusis
Species Specificity

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