Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Tinnitus-Related Beta-and Gamma-Band Activity

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e76-e85

  Hyvarinen, Petteri ^a,b   Yrttiaho, Santeri ^a,c   Lehtimaki, Jarmo ^d   Ilmoniemi, Risto J ^b   Makitie, Antti ^a   Ylikoski, Jukka ^d   Makela, Jyrki P ^a   Aarnisalo, Antti A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d Helsinki Ear Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

MEG; Synchrony; Tinnitus; Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938953751     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000123     Document Type: Article

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