Cortical activation during a pitch discrimination task in tinnitus patients and controls - An fMRI study

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Wunderlich, Arthur Peter ^a   Schönfeldt Lecuona, Carlos ^a   Wolf, Robert Christian ^a   Dorn, Kristina ^b   Bachor, Edgar ^c   Freund, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b Practice for Otolaryngology Leonberg   (Germany)

^c Department of Otolaryngology ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic stimulation; Cortical activation; Pitch discrimination task; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 77950066359     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241094     Document Type: Article

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