Imaging the neural correlates of tinnitus: A comparison between animal models and human studies

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Middleton, Jason W ^a,b   Tzounopoulos, Thanos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Flavoproteins autofluorescence; fMRI; Imaging; Limbic; PET; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BOLD SIGNAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOUND; TINNITUS;

EID: 84865021876     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2012.00035     Document Type: Article

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