The local therapy of inner ear diseases provides a means of directly applying pharmacological substances and delivering electrical stimulation to inner ear structures. Problems relating to dosage, systemic effects and the blood-cochlear barrier are thus avoided, which is not the
Here we show that lipid peroxidation of liposomal membranes was suppressed in the presence of Caroverine, a spasmolytic drug used in some countries. In order to understand the mechanism of this antioxidant action of Caroverine we studied the interaction of
The treatment of non-conductive olfactory disorders is to a large extent an unsolved problem. This proof-of-concept study focused on possible effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist caroverine. Potential mechanisms for the hypothesized effect included reduced feedback inhibition in the olfactory
Caroverine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor antagonist, has been shown to protect the inner ear from excitotoxicity and to be effective in the treatment of cochlear synaptic tinnitus. Local administration of caroverine on the round window membrane (RWM) could
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 28(21), 5513-5518 (2008-05-23)
Visual cortex plasticity is enhanced by sleep. It is hypothesized that a reactivation of glutamatergic synapses is essential for this form of plasticity to occur after learning. To test this hypothesis, human subjects practiced a visual texture discrimination skill known