Determination of the regional cochlear blood flow in the rat cochlea using non-radioactive microspheres and serially sectioned cochleas.
The regional blood flow to the rat cochlea has been studied using a method which combines the microsphere method with observation of serially-sectioned, plastic-embedded cochleas. Direct quantitation of the microspheres in a reference blood sample and in the different vascular areas of the cochlea allows the analysis of blood flow patterns with respect to the different capillary beds.
D000818:Animals; D001160:Arterioles / Q000032:analysis; D003051:Cochlea / Q000098:blood supply*; D008863:Microspheres; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013316:Stria Vascularis / Q000098:blood supply