Figure 2.

Sample cytocochleograms of the basal cochlear region of different groups. The outer hair cells were stained for actin with Alexa Fluor 488 Phalloidin (green) and the various cell nuclei were stained using DAPI counterstain (blue). (A) Left ear from a naïve animal that did not receive any cisplatin treatment or otoprotection. For animals that were administered cisplatin: (B) Left ear that received saline; (C) Left ear that received intra-tympanic methyl-prednisolone; and (D) Left ear that received magnetic delivery of prednisolone. The images of the DAPI stained nuclei for all the groups have been shown in the image insets of (A–D) correspondingly. (A version of this figure has also appeared in an invited feature article in The Hearing Journal, July 2017 issue.)