2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Plasticity of the auditory system
| Project/Area Number |
22791627
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Otorhinolaryngology
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| Research Institution | 独立行政法人国立病院機構東京医療センター(臨床研究センター) (2011)
Keio University (2010) |
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Principal Investigator |
MINAMI Hujiro 独立行政法人国立病院機構東京医療センター(臨床研究センター), 聴覚平衡覚研究部, 部員 (00399544)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 聴覚障害 / 聴覚伝導路 / 可塑性 / 経頭蓋磁気刺激 / 耳鳴 |
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| Research Abstract |
I planned clinical and basic research to investigate the plasticity of auditory system with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS). Sixteen patients with chronic tinnitus underwent rTMS to the left auditory cortex, and a significant reduction in the tinnitus loudness and annoyance occurred immediately after rTMS. In animal model, rTMS induces the immediate early genes(IEGs) in the auditory cortex.
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