Attempt at hair cell neodifferentiation in developing and adult amikacin intoxicated rat cochleae.

doi:10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00965-2

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Attempt at hair cell neodifferentiation in developing and adult amikacin intoxicated rat cochleae.

Brain research - 30 Nov 1998

Parietti C, Vago P, Humbert G, Lenoir M

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Recent studies have shown that an attempt at auditory hair cell neodifferentiation occurs in vivo in the rat organ of Corti after amikacin intoxication during the last stages of cochlear maturation. Atypical cells, with morphological characteristics reminiscent of very immature sensory hair cells...

Topics

Amikacin
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cell Differentiation
Cochlea
Hair Cells, Auditory
Histocytochemistry
Microscopy, Confocal
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Wistar

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