Tag: pathophysiology
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Tinnitus Research: Maladaptive Plasticity
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 7, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: inhibitory neurotransmission pathophysiology research Tinnitus
Recent research has summarized the following the model as one of the leading hypotheses behind the pathological basis of tinnitus: A compelling hypothesis is that tinnitus results from a maladaptive plastic net down-regulation of inhibitory amino acid neurotransmission in the central auditory pathway. This loss of...