Neuroradiology

, Volume 56, Issue 6, pp 511–514 | Cite as

Auditory cortex activation is modulated by somatosensation in a case of tactile tinnitus

  • Kirsten Emmert
  • Dimitri Van De Ville
  • Philippe Bijlenga
  • Dahila Amal Djema
  • Sven Haller
Letter to the Editor
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Keywords

Auditory Cortex Tactile Stimulation Primary Auditory Cortex Medial Geniculate Body Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus 
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Notes

Ethical standards and patient consent

We declare that all human and animal studies have been approved by the Commission cantonal d’éthique de la recherche and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. We declare that the patient gave informed consent prior to inclusion in this study.

Conflict of interest

We declare that we have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kirsten Emmert
    • 1
    • 2
  • Dimitri Van De Ville
    • 1
    • 2
  • Philippe Bijlenga
    • 3
  • Dahila Amal Djema
    • 1
  • Sven Haller
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Radiology and Medical InformaticsUniversity of Geneva/Geneva University HospitalGeneva 14Switzerland
  2. 2.Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanneSwitzerland
  3. 3.Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of Geneva/Geneva University HospitalGenevaSwitzerland

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