The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) is a branch of the trigeminal nerve and this nerve supplies sensation to the ipsilateral lower lip, teeth, and buccal mandibular gingivae. The anatomical position of IAN places this nerve at increased injury risk. During oral surgery, the nerve tissue may be damaged so paresthesia which is characterized by the sensorineural loss that may occur [1,2]. Neurosenso...

The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) is a branch of the trigeminal nerve and this nerve supplies sensation to the ipsilateral lower lip, teeth, and buccal mandibular gingivae. The anatomical position of IAN places this nerve at increased injury risk. During oral surgery, the nerve tissue may be damaged so paresthesia which is characterized by the sensorineural loss that may occur [1,2]. Neurosenso...

OBJECTIVES Sudden neurosensory deafness is the second debilitating disease in China. In fact, the current treatment is limited to hearing aids, assistive devices and cochlear implants. However, some patients might not be suitable for surgery or even hearing aids. METHODS Hereby, we report a pediatric case of sudden sensorineural hearing loss accompanied by otalgia and blocked ear sensation. ...

The detection of osmotic stimuli is essential for all organisms, yet few osmoreceptive proteins are known, none of them in vertebrates. By employing a candidate-gene approach based on genes encoding members of the TRP superfamily of ion channels, we cloned cDNAs encoding the vanilloid receptor-related osmotically activated channel (VR-OAC) from the rat, mouse, human, and chicken. This novel cat...

Mesenchymal nonsensory regions of the inner ear are important structures surrounding the neurosensory epithelium that are believed to participate in the ionic homeostasis of the cochlea and vestibule. We report here the discovery of otospiralin, an inner ear-specific protein that is produced by fibrocytes from these regions, including the spiral ligament and spiral limbus in the cochlea and the...

Histological assessment of the effects of environmental pollutants on marine organisms includes consideration of trends which develop that may link a closely related group of compounds to a representative tissue or organ response. Definition of such a relationship could benefit adjudication of water pollution controversies and, thus, the enforcement of public water pollution laws. Evidence base...

Neurosensory hearing defects occur with a fre. quency of about 0.5% in children both in Europe and in North America. In those born preterm, however, hearing deficits are much more frequent Three possible aetiological factors have hitherto beer incriminated and have therefore been particularly investigated. (1) Preterm termination of pregnancy per se. (2) Perinatal risk factors such as hypoxia h...

BACKGROUND It has been shown that selective retina treatment (SRT) using a train of 1.7 microseconds laser pulses allows selective damage of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) while sparing the adjacent photoreceptors and thus avoiding laser scotoma. It was the purpose of this work to investigate SRT laser effects with Q-switched pulses of only 8 nanoseconds in duration by evaluating the angi...