Effects of laserneedle stimulation in the external auditory meatus on brainstem and very early auditory evoked potentials in humans

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 837-840

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Laserneedle; Tinnitus; Very early auditory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNER EAR; LASER; LASERNEEDLE; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EAR CANAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33845422324     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X110373     Document Type: Article

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