Analysis of lifestyle and behavioral characteristics in Meniere's disease patients and a control population.

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:In addition to the correlation of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 levels to the radiation toxicity, both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and postoperative status play roles in the change in plasma TGF-beta1 levels in patients with head and neck cancers. OBJECTIVES:To assess the parameters involve...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chen HW,Yang SF,Chang YC,Wang TY,Chen YJ,Hwang JJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antimicrobial agent, kanamycin, has been shown to produce as an untoward effect, ototoxicity. The purpose of this study was to investigate differential effects of kanamycin ototoxicity as a function of Rx timing with regard to circadian rhythms. Four groups of comparable weight Sprague-Dawley rats received a daily ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Yonovitz A,Fisch JE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer hair cells (OHCs) are the source of otoacoustic emissions, following a tropomyosin-miosin-dependent contraction, which are regulated by the olivocochlear bundle via the release of acetylcholine (ACh). ACh acts on ACh receptors (AChR) located on the OHC post-synaptic membrane. In myasthenia gravis (M.G.) neuromus...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Paludetti G,Di Nardo W,D'Ecclesia A,Evoli A,Scarano E,Di Girolamo S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric responses from 50 consecutive patients, referred routinely for investigation of hearing and/or balance problems, were evaluated by computer and manual methods of analysis. Using measures of nystagmic slow-phase velocity, there was found to be a high degree of correlation between the two methods. Of the 50 pati...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： O'Neill G,Owen WA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the association between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngeal disorders in adults is well established there is still a lack of information concerning the true extent of the laryngeal complications of GERD in children. The aim of this study was to determine the laryngeal status of children with ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zalesska-Krecicka M,Krecicki T,Iwanczak B,Blitek A,Horobiowska M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study combined ultrastructural and statistical methods to learn the effects of weightlessness on rat utricular maculae. A principle aim was to determine whether weightlessness chiefly affects ribbon synapses of type II cells, since the cells communicate predominantly with branches of primary vestibular afferent e...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ross MD

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early development of human otoconial membranes was studied by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis; 87 specimens, ranging from 7 to 12 weeks gestational age were examined. A few otoconia, which contained calcium, were present in the utricle by the end of the seventh week. By 8 weeks, both the saccu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Wright CG,Hubbard DG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The present study demonstrated the robustness of VEMP testing with toneburst stimuli, since it is hardly affected by head position, i.e. base or tonic excitation levels of the saccule and inferior vestibular nerve. However, the small but highly significant difference found in latency should not be neglected:...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ito K,Karino S,Murofushi T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biocompatibility of commercially available polyimides was examined in relation to the sensory and neural structures of the cochlea. Thin films of four different polyimides were prepared as substrates for photolithographically produced scala tympani electrode arrays and implanted in 32 cat cochleae. Following at le...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Haggerty HS,Lusted HS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The data suggest that histamine up-regulates MUC2 gene regulation and mucin production in airway epithelial cells through histamine 1 receptor (H1R). Histamine appears to play an important role in the early phase of mucin regulation, which might be effectively blocked by an H1R antagonist. OBJECTIVE:Histami...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kim HM,Lee CH,Rhee CS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maculae sacculi and utriculi of the chinchilla vestibular labyrinth have been studied by freeze-fracture method. In the replicas extensive zonulae occludentes have been found between sensory and supporting cells at the endolymphatic surface. Gap junctions are located between the supporting cells. Some intramembran...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Laciano L,Franke K,Iurato S,Reale E

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The palatal implant method originally designed to reduce snoring can significantly reduce the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in some patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a single office-based procedure. OBJECTIVE:An initial study designed to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Goessler UR,Hein G,Verse T,Stuck BA,Hormann K,Maurer JT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental model of sinusitis in the rabbit was developed, using type 3 pneumococci. The superior parts of the rabbit maxillary sinuses were surgically exposed and the maxillary ostium was unilaterally blocked. The following day a challenge dose of 10(7)-10(9) colony-forming units of Streptococcus pneumoniae, cap...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Drettner B,Johansson P,Kumlien J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years the use of ABR in the dysmetabolic encephalopathies has aroused considerable interest. Even though brainstem involvement in these syndromes is not yet entirely understood, ABR techniques have provided new and important insights. We studied 60 insulin-dependent diabetic subjects, 29 females and 31...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Martini A,Comacchio F,Fedele D,Crepaldi G,Sala O

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smell and taste disorders occur in COVID-19 with a high prevalence, but little is known about the duration of the symptoms. In particular, studies using validated olfactory tests are very rare to date. AIMS/OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine the olfactory function of COVID-19 recoveries by a ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Otte MS,Eckel HNC,Poluschkin L,Klussmann JP,Luers JC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimentally damaged inner ears the structural alterations were correlated to electrocochleographic responses of the ear. Sectioning of the cochlear nerve with degeneration of the type I neurons but intact sensory cells results in normal cochlear microphonics but very weak and atypical nerve responses. By contras...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Spoendlin H,Baumgartner H

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease of the nose and the paranasal sinuses, often associated with an infection by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Disturbance in the function of ion channels is regarded as an etiological factor for pathogenesis of CRS. Aims: The study aims to measure t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Saber A,Nakka SS,Hussain R,Hugosson S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Results from a database for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) demonstrate no correlation between laboratory findings, treatment, and outcome in 400 patients. The patients with pathological test results were not treated differently from those with normal test results. The value of laboratory findings ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Nosrati-Zarenoe R,Hansson M,Hultcrantz E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative membrane potentials from the stria vascularis of the guinea pig have been recorded in vivo. Stable negative membrane potentials from the stria cells have also been recorded for as long as 2 minutes in vitro. They varied from -20 mV to -49 mV, irrespective of whether the stria vascularis was immersed in Ring...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chou JT,Hellenbrecht D

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation in the endolymphatic sac (ES) after immunostimulation was assessed immunohistochemically. Guinea pigs were employed as experimental animals and keyhole limpet hemocyanin was used as the antigen. After i.p. injection of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdUrd), the BrdUrd+ cells were counted to assess the nu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takahashi M,Tomiyama S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the protective effect of dexamethasone was analysed following exposure of the cochlea to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A (PaExoA). Four groups of albino Sprague-Dawley rats were used. 20 microl saline was instilled through the tympanic membrane into the round window niche (group A, n = 4); 1 mi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takeuchi N,Anniko M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:We demonstrated an early increase in aquaporin 2 (AQP2) expression in a motor nerve (extratemporal facial nerve, FN) following acute peripheral compression (crush), concomitant to effective development of motor dysfunction (facial palsy). The early increase in AQP2 expression that occurred concomitantly with...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Neiva FC,Borin A,Lee KS,Dias MV,Rodrigues BR,Testa JR,Cruz OL,Covolan L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:It has been shown that TRPMs may play a functional role in sensory cell physiology, fluid homeostasis, sensory cell death, and thermosensation in the inner ear, while TRPA1 plays an important role in sensory transduction. OBJECTIVE:To study expression of TRPM1-8 and TRPA1 in the mouse inner ear. MATERIALS...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takumida M,Ishibashi T,Hamamoto T,Hirakawa K,Anniko M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia is a common presenting complaint in otolaryngology practice, and there are many causes. Forestier syndrome is a rare cause of dysphagia. It is also known as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) syndrome or vertebral ankylosing hyperostosis. Forestier syndrome consists of anterolateral perivertebra...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Aydin E,Akdogan V,Akkuzu B,Kirbaş I,Ozgirgin ON

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of upright stance in humans requires the integrative evaluation of vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive information. Recent experiments prove the existence of fast vestibulo-spinal reactions in humans. Their physiological significance for the compensation of sudden external displacements of the body ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Dichgans J,Diener HC

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intense sound stimulation may result in excessive glutamate release from the inner hair cells, resulting in binding to the postsynaptic glutamate receptors and leading to neuronal degeneration and functional impairment. In this study we investigated the therapeutic effect and time window of caroverine, an N-methyl-D-a...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chen Z,Ulfendahl M,Ruan R,Tan L,Duan M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Local administration of MP delivered by the C/GP-MP-hydrogel can improve the recovery of facial nerve following crush injury. The findings suggested that locally injected MP delivered by C/GP-hydrogel might be a promising treatment for facial nerve damage. OBJECTIVES:In this study, the aim is to assess the...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chao X,Fan Z,Han Y,Wang Y,Li J,Chai R,Xu L,Wang H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear blood flow in guinea pigs was assessed using histological assessment of various red blood cell and vessel lumen parameters. Cochlear blood flow was either enhanced by administration of carbogen or inhibited by induced positive airway pressure. The resulting enhancement or reduction of blood flow in the cochle...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Dengerink HA,Axelsson A,Wright J,Miller J

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1992 and 1996 14 patients with a squamous cell carcinoma of the laryngohypopharynx underwent tumour resection and primary reconstruction with the free volar forearm flap. Tumour resection was performed by a head and neck surgeon and reconstruction by a plastic surgeon. Preoperative radiotherapy was given to 13...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stark B,Nathanson A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this paper we test the concept of combining electrical stimulation for high-frequency sound with acoustic hearing for low-frequency information in the same ear. In addition, we test whether residual hearing can be preserved when an electrode is placed up to 10 mm into the inner ear, and whether the site o...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Gantz BJ,Turner C

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00