This work was supported by grants from the National Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation of China (No. 39925035), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30371525), the National Tenth Five-Year Project for Scientific and Technological Development of China (No. 2004BA720A18-02), and the Key Clinical Subject Foundation of the Ministry of Health of China.
Background Mitochondrial DNA mutations have been found in sensorineural deafness. The aim of this study was to compare three methods for extraction of nucleic acid from membranate inner ear tissue of rats. Methods Alk...
This project was supported by a grant from National Outstanding Youth Scientist Foundation(No.39925035),National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(No.30070809)and Foundation for University Key Teacher by the Ministry of Education.
In order to know the effects of caloric stimulation on neuronal firing in medial vestibular nuclei (MVN) by middle ear irrigation, the middle ear was irrigated with ice (4℃, hot (44℃. and warm (37℃ ) water, and the...