低周波音長期間暴露の蝸牛に及ぼす影響
走査型電子顕微鏡による観察
1988 年 31 巻 6 号 p. 787-794
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1988 年 31 巻 6 号 p. 787-794
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 histology 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.
