Long-Term Dietary Folate Deficiency Accelerates Progressive Hearing Loss On CBA/Ca Mice.

Long-Term Dietary Folate Deficiency Accelerates Progressive Hearing Loss On CBA/Ca Mice.

Dietary folic acid deficiency induced early hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice after two-months, corroborating the epidemiological association previously described between vitamin deficiency and this sensory impairment. However, this strain is prone to early hearing loss, and hence we decided to analyze...

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Main Authors: Raquel Martinez-Vega, Silvia Murillo-Cuesta, Teresa Partearroyo, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras, Isabel Varela-Nieto, Maria Angeles Pajares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Cochlea
Homocysteine
Hyperhomocysteinemia
hearing impairment
dietary intervention
Vitamin deficiency
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00209/full

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