[New animal experiments on aerobic and anareobic inner ear metabolism]

The inner-ear function is bound up with a permanent oxygen supply. The evidence of it are the patterns of the LDH subunits in inner-ear of eight species. The inner-ear energy turnover of glycolysis post-mortem was demonstrated at those species possessing glycogen storages. The MP2 are alterated by perfusion of glucose or iodoacetic acid. During oxygen respiration the MP are not decreased by iodoacetic acid.