Early static pressure-related evoked brain potentials indications of central middle ear pressure control in humans

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-656

  Sami, Saber A K ^a   Gaihede, Michael ^a   Nielsen, Lars Gustav ^a   Drewes, Asbjørn M ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baroreception; Brainstem; Cerebellum; Electroencephalography; Middle ear pressure; Source analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSORECEPTORS; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68849115502     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181a32bd1     Document Type: Article

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