Gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamic acid levels in the auditory pathway of rats with chronic tinnitus: A direct determination using high resolution point-resolved proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS)

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Brozoski, Thomas J ^a   Odintsov, Boris ^b   Bauer, Carol ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; GABA; Glutamate; Inferior colliculus; Medial geniculate body; Primary auditory cortex; Tinnitus animal model

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; TINNITUS;

EID: 84857078075     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2012.00009     Document Type: Article

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