Revisiting the cochlear and central mechanisms of tinnitus and therapeutic approaches

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-59

  Noreña, Arnaud J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory plasticity; Endocochlear potential; Middle ear; Outer hair cells; Spontaneous activity; Temporomandibular joint disorder; Tensor tympani

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SALICYLIC ACID;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INNER HAIR CELL; OUTER HAIR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, INNER; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TINNITUS;

EID: 84929692316     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000380749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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