Diffusion tensor imaging of the subcortical auditory tract in subjects with long-term unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 248-253

  Wu, Che Ming ^a   Ng, Shu Hang ^a,b   Liu, Tien Chen ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Demyelination; Diffusion tensor imaging; Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXONAL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN STEM; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149467082     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000191282     Document Type: Article

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