Suppression of putative tinnitus-related activity by extra-cochlear electrical stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-143

  Norena A J ^a   Mulders, W H ^b   Robertson, D ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Cochlear nerve; Hearing loss; Noise trauma; Plasticity; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; NERVE CELL; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GUINEA PIGS; INFERIOR COLLICULI; NEURONS; NOISE; TINNITUS;

EID: 84920896781     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00580.2014     Document Type: Article

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