Ringing ears: The neuroscience of tinnitus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 14972-14979

  Roberts, Larry E ^a   Eggermont, Jos J ^b,c   Caspary, Donald M ^d   Shore, Susan E ^e,f   Melcher, Jennifer R ^g   Kaltenbach, James A ^h  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEAFFERENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TINNITUS;

AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NEURONS; NOISE; TINNITUS;

EID: 78149489680     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4028-10.2010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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