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Table 2 Assignments of rats in MRI and ABR measurements post-intratympanic administration of AgNPs

From: Toxicity of silver nanoparticle in rat ear and BALB/c 3T3 cell line

Measures

Number of rats exposured to varied concentration of AgNPs for different time

4000 μg/ml

200 μg/ml*

2000 μg/ml

5 h

2 d

4 d

7 d

5 h

2 d

4 d

7 d

5 h

7 d

MRI

2

-

-

2

7

-

-

-

5

5

ABR

-

7

7

7

-

7

7

7

-

-

  1. *Three rats receiving 400 μg/ml AgNP injection were pooled in the 200 μg/ml group in MRI study. ABR: auditory brainstem response. -: no exposure.