Noninvasive and invasive neuromodulation for the treatment of tinnitus: An overview

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-360

  Vanneste, Sven ^a,b   De Ridder, Dirk ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C2; cortex; implantation; invasive; neuromodulation; noninvasive; tDCS; TENS; TMS; VNS

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY CORTEX STIMULATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CHRONIC PAIN; CORTICAL NEUROFEEDBACK; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREMOR; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84864650278     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00447.x     Document Type: Review

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