Directing neural plasticity to understand and treat tinnitus

Hearing Research

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-66

  Engineer, Navzer D ^a   Møller, Aage R ^b   Kilgard, Michael P ^b  

^a MicroTransponder Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TINNITUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; TINNITUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84872044907     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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