[Audiometry and cytological study of the external hair cells of 4 strains of mice].
The auditory apparatus of two strains of mices with normal audition is compared to that of two substrains with genetic auditory impairment. Audiometry by auditory evoked potentials at the inferior collicular level indicates complete deafness for one substrain and a 40-48 dB S.P.L. hearing loss at all frequencies for the other. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy demonstrate hair impairment of the external hair cells and degeneration of the chondriosome for the two deaf substrains.
D000818:Animals; D001299:Audiometry; D003638:Deafness / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
Audiométrie et état cytologique des cellules ciliées externes de quatre lignées de Souris.