The auditory midbrain of people with tinnitus: Abnormal sound-evoked activity revisited

Hearing Research

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 63-74

  Melcher, Jennifer R ^a,b,c   Levine, Robert A ^a,c,d   Bergevin, Christopher ^a,b   Norris, Barbara ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Hyperacusis; Midbrain; Neuroimaging; Phantom sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS;

EID: 70349435268     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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