Theta-gamma dysrhythmia and auditory phantom perception: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 912-921

  De Ridd, Dirk ^a   Van Der Loo, Elsa ^a   Vanneste, Sven ^a   Gais, Steffen ^c   Plazier, Mark ^a   Kovacs, Silvia ^b   Sunaert, Stefan ^b   Menovsky, Tomas ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gamma band activity; Neurostimulation; Thalamocortical dysrhythmia; Theta gamma dysrhythmia; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BOLD SIGNAL; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; THALAMOCORTICAL DYSRHYTHMIA; THETA RHYTHM; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OXYGEN; THETA RHYTHM; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953729093     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS10335     Document Type: Article

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