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Trimethyltin ototoxicity: evidence for a cochlear site of injury

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dc.contributor Neurotoxicology Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene, Baltimore, MD21205; Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.
dc.contributor Neurotoxicology Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene, Baltimore, MD21205; Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.
dc.contributor Neurotoxicology Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene, Baltimore, MD21205; Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.
dc.creator Fechter, Laurence D.
dc.creator Young, John S.
dc.creator Nuttall, Alfred L.
dc.date 2006-04-07T19:38:54Z
dc.date 2006-04-07T19:38:54Z
dc.date 1986
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-19T13:30:05Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-19T13:30:05Z
dc.identifier Fechter, Laurence D., Young, John S., Nuttall, Alfred L. (1986)."Trimethyltin ototoxicity: evidence for a cochlear site of injury." Hearing Research 23(3): 275-282. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26388>
dc.identifier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T73-485GM1M-NC/2/7b546f5fe6ef07690a2045bf59b35228
dc.identifier http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=3745026&dopt=citation
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26388
dc.identifier 3745026
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-5955(86)90116-4
dc.identifier Hearing Research
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dc.description The environmental contaminant, trimethyltin (TMT), produces a profound elevation in tone intensity necessary to inhibit the acoustic startle reflex in laboratory animals which recovers over a prolonged period except at very high frequencies. The recovery that is observed does not begin until 3 to 5 weeks after a single acute administration depending upon dosage. As opposed to the very temporary threshold shifts by the salicylates and loop diuretics or the permanent and progressive ototoxicity resulting from aminoglycoside antibiotics the time course for recovery of acoustic startle reflex inhibition after TMT appears to be an anomaly for a chemical ototoxicant. In terms of the duration of loss only, this pattern appears similar to that sometimes observed after noise exposure. The current investigation replicates the finding that recovery of acoustic startle reflex inhibition after TMT is frequency related in that only the highest frequency impairment appears to be permanent. While this frequency dependence suggests a cochlear locus of injury, both the known neurotoxic effects of TMT and the time course of the behavioral impairment suggest a more central locus of injury. Compound action potential and cochlear microphonic recordings made from the round window in the current study confirm a preferential high frequency effect of TMT and demonstrate a significant cochlear component to the ototoxic effects of this agent. ototoxicity, peripheral auditory damage, trimethyltin, reflex modification audiometry, compound action potential, cochlear microphonic
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dc.publisher Elsevier
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dc.subject Health Sciences
dc.title Trimethyltin ototoxicity: evidence for a cochlear site of injury
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