Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPAZ) 1 article published in JoVE Biology A Comparative Study of Drug Delivery Methods Targeted to the Mouse Inner Ear: Bullostomy Versus Transtympanic Injection Silvia Murillo-Cuesta*1,2,3, Néstor Vallecillo*1, Rafael Cediel1,2,4, Adelaida M. Celaya1,2, Luis Lassaletta3,5, Isabel Varela-Nieto1,2,3, Julio Contreras1,2,4 1Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (IIBm) Alberto Sols CSIC-UAM, 2Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 3Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Paz (IdiPAZ), 4Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 5Departmento de Otorrino laringología, Hospital Universitario La Paz Two microsurgery approaches for local drug delivery to the inner ear are described here and compared in terms of impact on hearing parameters, cochlear cytoarchitecture and expression of inflammatory markers.
