Project

Tinnitus: an explorative study towards a new target for deep brain stimulation.

Acroniem
Tinnitus
Code
01D22515
Looptijd
01-10-2015 → 30-04-2020
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Biological and physiological psychology
    • Cognitive science and intelligent systems
    • Developmental psychology and ageing
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Otorhinolaryngology
    • Neurosciences
    • Otorhinolaryngology
    • Speech, language and hearing sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Otorhinolaryngology
Trefwoorden
Tinnitus fMRI neurostimulatie
 
Projectomschrijving

This project aims to identify specific tinnitus-causing brain areas by means of functional MRI. A tinnitus-masking noise will be presented to each study subject, to create an on/off situation of the specific tinnitus-causing brain area during imaging. The MRI results will eventually be validated wit