Neuroanatomical abnormalities in chronic tinnitus in the human brain

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-133

  Adjamian, Peyman ^a   Hall, Deborah A ^b,c   Palmer, Alan R ^a   Allan, Thomas W ^a   Langers, Dave R M ^b,c  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Queen Mary University of London and Barts NIHR BRC NHS Trust National Institute for Health and Care Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gating mechanism; Limbic system; Prefrontal cortex; Tinnitus; Tractography; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEFORMATION BASED MORPHOMETRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE BASED MORPHOMETRY; TINNITUS; TRACT BASED MORPHOMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TINNITUS;

EID: 84902271996     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.05.013     Document Type: Review

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