Abstract
Glycerol (2 g/kg body weight), or 0.15 M NaCl for control animals, was administered to rats by i.v. injection. The dose was chosen in order to obtain an osmolarity increase in plasma of about 15 mosm/l 1 h after the glycerol administration, an increase which is similar to that observed in the human glycerol dehydration test. Endolymph and perilymph were sampled from the basal turn of the cochlea; cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was sampled from cisterna magna. Plasma osmolarity, endocochlear potential, Na and K concentrations in endolymph, perilymph and CSF were determined 1 and 2 h after the glycerol injection. Compared with control animals, glycerol induced an increase in Na and K concentration in perilymph and endolymph, respectively, 1 and 2 h after the glycerol injection. No modification of the endocochlear potential was observed. These results are compatible with an increase in inner ear fluids osmolarity induced by glycerol.
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