TMS for treatment of chronic tinnitus - neurobiological effects

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2007, Pages 369-375

  Eichhammer, P ^a   Kleinjung, T ^a   Landgrebe, M ^a   Hajak, G ^a   Langguth, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABAB; low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation; neuroplasticity; subcortical inhibition; thalamic gating; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXCITABILITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; THALAMUS; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 35348835506     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)66035-X     Document Type: Review

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