Abstract
Brevetoxin-3 was shown previously to adversely affect central auditory function in goldfish. The present study evaluated the effects of exposure to this agent on cochlear function in mice using the 2f 1-f 2 distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE). Towards this end, inbred CBA/CaJ mice were exposed to a relatively high concentration of brevetoxin-3 (∼400 μg/m3) by nose-only inhalation for a 2-h period. Further, a subset of these mice received a second exposure a day later that lasted for an additional 4 h. Mice exposed only once for 2 h did not exhibit any notable cochlear effects. Similarly, mice exposed two times, for a cumulative dose of 6 h, exhibited essentially no change in DPOAE levels.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 619-626 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology |
| Volume | 191 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Physiology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Behavioral Neuroscience
Keywords
- Brevetoxin
- CBA/CaJ mice
- Cochlear function
- Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions
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