Research Article

Ouabain Does Not Induce Selective Spiral Ganglion Cell Degeneration in Guinea Pigs

Table 1

Overview of the five experimental groups.

GroupTreatmentnABR ThresholdIHCOHCSGC

110 mM ouabain2elevatednormalloss (n=2)no loss (n=1)
loss (n=1)

21 mM ouabain8normal (n=2)normalno loss (n=2)no loss (n=2)
elevated (n=6)normalno loss (n=2)no loss (n=2)
loss (n=4)no loss (n=2)
loss (n=2)

30.1 mM ouabain4normalnormalnormalnormal

40.01 mM ouabain4normalnormalnormalnormal

5PBS2normalnormalnormalnormal