"Oval Window, Ear" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Fenestra or oval opening on the lateral wall of the vestibular labyrinth adjacent to the MIDDLE EAR. It is located above the cochlear round window and normally covered by the base of the STAPES.
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Oval Window, Ear" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Oval Window, Ear" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Oval Window, Ear" by people in Profiles.
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Intracochlear Drug Delivery Through the Oval Window in Fresh Cadaveric Human Temporal Bones. Otol Neurotol. 2016 Mar; 37(3):218-22.
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Case 226: Oval Window Atresia. Radiology. 2016 Feb; 278(2):626-31.
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Otopathology in Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Dec; 33(9):1562-6.
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Oval window transport of Gd-dOTA from rat middle ear to vestibulum and scala vestibuli visualized by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2012 Feb; 121(2):119-28.
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Non-ossicular signal transmission in human middle ears: Experimental assessment of the "acoustic route" with perforated tympanic membranes. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Oct; 122(4):2135-53.
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How do tympanic-membrane perforations affect human middle-ear sound transmission? Acta Otolaryngol. 2001 Jan; 121(2):169-73.
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Does otosclerosis occur only in the temporal bone? Am J Otol. 1999 Mar; 20(2):162-5.
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Revision stapedectomy: intraoperative findings, results, and review of the literature. Laryngoscope. 1997 Sep; 107(9):1185-92.
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Mechanics of type IV tympanoplasty: experimental findings and surgical implications. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1997 Jan; 106(1):49-60.
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Is the pressure difference between the oval and round windows the effective acoustic stimulus for the cochlea? J Acoust Soc Am. 1996 Sep; 100(3):1602-16.