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Transient cochlear ischemia and its effects on the stria vascularis
Isao Morizane1, Nobuhiro Hakuba, Yoshitaka Shimizu
1Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan.
Abstract:
The effects of transient cochlear ischemia on the stria vascularis were studied. Fifteen minutes of ischemia decreased the endocochlear potential by up to 17.5 mV on day 1; it returned to normal on day 7. Immunostaining for Na+,K+-ATPase, a marker for the Na+/K+-pump, and for connexin 26, a marker for gap junctions, was inhibited on days 1 and 4, and returned to normal on day 7. Electron microscopy showed expansion of the intercellular space with abundant vacuolar formation in the stria vascularis. These morphological changes disappeared completely by day 7. The results indicate that transient ischemia causes a reversible functional disorder of the stria vascularis with fine structural changes, which may be owing to dysfunction of Na+/K+-pump or gap junctions.
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