Tinnitus and neural plasticity of the brain

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-184

  Bartels, Hilke ^a,c   Staal, Michiel J ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory pathways; Neural plasticity; Nonclassical pathways; Reorganization process; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MEDLINE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TINNITUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TINNITUS;

EID: 33846623349     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31802b3248     Document Type: Review

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