Evidence that memantine reduces chronic tinnitus caused by acoustic trauma in rats

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn AUG, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zheng, Yiwen ^a   McNamara, Emily ^a   Stiles, Lucy ^a   Darlington, Cynthia L ^a   Smith, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic trauma; Memantine; NMDA receptors; Rats; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865847785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00127     Document Type: Article

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