NOISE-INDUCED TOUGHENING EFFECT IN WISTAR RATS: ENHANCED AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSES ARE RELATED TO CALRETININ AND NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE UPREGULATION.

• Main Authors: Juan Carlos eAlvarado (Author), Veronica eFuentes (Author), María Cruz Gabaldón-Ull (Author), Tania eJareño-Flores (Author), Josef Mayer Miller (Author), José M Juíz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An appropriate conditioning noise exposure may reduce a subsequent noise-induced threshold shift. Although this toughening effect helps to protect the auditory system from a subsequent traumatic noise exposure, the mechanisms that regulate this protective process are not fully understood yet. Accord...