Consequences of suppressing thoughts about tinnitus and the effects of cognitive distraction on brain activity in tinnitus patients

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-309

  Andersson, Gerhard ^a,c   Jüris, Linda ^b,c   Classon, Elisabeth ^b   Fredrikson, Mats ^b,c   Furmark, Tomas ^b,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography; Serial sevens test; Thought suppression; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS;

EID: 33749355565     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094460     Document Type: Article

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