Auditory cortex stimulation by low-frequency tones-An fMRI study

Brain Research

Volumn 1304, Issue , 2009, Pages 129-137

  Dommes, E ^a   Bauknecht, H C ^a   Scholz, G ^a   Rothemund, Y ^a   Hensel, J ^b   Klingebiel, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

auditory system; fMRI; infrasound; vibroacoustic disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MICROPHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SILASTIC TUBE; SOUND PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 71749121255     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.089     Document Type: Article

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