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Effects of long-term exposure of infrasound on the cochlea.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 62570783
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Otorhinolaryngology
Research InstitutionJichi Medical School

Principal Investigator

HIRAIDE Fumihisa  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Jichi Medical School, 医学部, 助教授 (50010343)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KAKOI Hiroyuki  Assistant, Faculty of Medicine, Jichi Medical School, 医学部, 助手 (40201412)
Project Period (FY) 1987 – 1988
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help
¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
KeywordsRat / infrasound exposure / 2 years / scanning electron microscopic observation / outer hair cells / inner hair cells / degeneration / 形態的変化 / 低周波音暴露 / 2年間 / 走査電顕的観察 / 外有毛細胞 / 内有毛細胞 / 変性消失 / 老化現象 / 光顕的観察 / 蝸牛ラケン器
Research Abstract

One hundred and three rats of Wistar strain were used in this study. Sixty-nine rats were received infrasound of 0-125 Hz at 85 dB (allpass) for two years and thirty-four animals were offered as controls. The animals exposed in infrasound were periodically sacrificed at two months' interval up to the termination of two years' exposure. The cochleas were examined by means of a scanning electron microscope. The hair cells of the organ of Corti showed an absolutely normal histolohgy in the animals exposed in infrasound of one year's duration. However, the loss of outer hair cells was always noted sporadically in the cochlea of the animals exposed in infrasound of 1.5 years' duration.
The animals in infrasound of 2 years' exposure showed a decreased number of the outer hair cells in the organ of Corti of the upper turns, especially apical turn. The pattern of the hair cell loss in the organ of Corti of experimented animals was almost similar to that of controlled animals. Accordingly, the authors considered that the loss of the hair cells in the organ of Corti was due to age-related changes in both experimented and controlled animals.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1988 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1987 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 平出文久: 耳鼻咽喉科展望. 30. 443-447 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 平出文久: 耳鼻咽喉科展望. 31. 787-794 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Fumihisa Hiraide; Hiroyuki Kakoi: "Effects of long-term exposure of infrasound on the rat cochlea.-scanning electron scopic observation-" 31. 787-794 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Fumihisa Hiraide; Hiroyuki Kakoi; Tetsuya Tanabe: "Effects of intrasound on the cochlea. -light microscopic observation-" Oto-rhino-laryngology Tokyo. 30. 443-447 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 平出文久: 耳鼻咽喉科展望. 31. 787-794 (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 平出文久: 耳鼻咽喉科展望. 30. 443-447 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1987-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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