Cochlear Homocysteine Metabolism at the Crossroad of Nutrition and Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most common causes of disability, affecting 360 million people according to the World Health Organization (WHO). HL is most frequently of sensorineural origin, being caused by the irreversible loss of hair cells and/or spiral ganglion neurons. The etiology of sensorin...

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Main Authors: Isabel Varela-Nieto, Teresa Partearroyo, Néstor Vallecillo, María A. Pajares, Gregorio Varela-Moreiras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00107/full