Research Article

MicroRNA Dysregulation in the Hippocampus of Rats with Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Figure 1

The miRNA microarray in the noise-induced hearing loss rats ( per group). Noise was exposed for three days, and auditory threshold shifts were checked using auditory brainstem response (ABR) threshold measures. The histologic examination of cochleae and hippocampi was conducted ( per group). The miRNA microarray was conducted using hippocampi of the noise-induced hearing loss and control rats ( per group). The predicted target gene analyses were performed, and their expression levels were estimated using qRT-PCR ( per group). The related proteins of identified pathways were evaluated using western blotting ( per group).