Altered motor cortex excitability in tinnitus patients: A hint at crossmodal plasticity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 380, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 326-329

  Langguth, Berthold ^a   Eichhammer, Peter ^a   Zowe, Marc ^a   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a   Jacob, Peter ^a   Binder, Harald ^a   Sand, Philipp ^a   Hajak, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic tinnitus; Cortical plasticity; Cortical silent period; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Motor threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 18144398588     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.01.069     Document Type: Article

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