Tinnitus-frequency specific activity and connectivity: A MEG study.

Tinnitus pathophysiology has been associated with an atypical cortical network that involves functional changes in auditory and non-auditory areas. Numerous resting-state studies have replicated a tinnitus brain network to be significantly different from healthy-controls. Yet it is still unknown whether the cortical reorganization is attributed to the tinnitus frequency specifically or if it is frequency-irrelevant.

Clinical determinants and neural correlates of presbyphagia in community-dwelling older adults.

Background: "Presbyphagia" refers to characteristic age-related changes in the complex neuromuscular swallowing mechanism. It has been hypothesized that cumulative impairments in multiple domains affect functional reserve of swallowing with age, but the multifactorial etiology and postulated compensatory strategies of the brain are incompletely understood. This study investigates presbyphagia and its neural correlates, focusing on the clinical determinants associated with adaptive neuroplasticity.

Acute effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on brain function.

Introduction: VNS is a non-pharmalogical neuromodulatory treatment option for difficult-to-treat depression. A pulse generator implanted in the left chest area is connected to an electrode that is wrapped around the left vagal nerve. It is presumed, that the vagal afferent network modulates neuronal activity in key monoaminergic structures.

Comparing pure tone and narrow band noise to measure tonal tinnitus pitch-match frequency.

Tinnitus assessment is a precursor for individualized treatment and outcome measurement. In the recent years, several studies proposed two-alternative forced choice (2AFC) recursive matching as a method to determine tinnitus pitch-match frequency in a standardized reliable manner. Currently, pure tones are used as comparison stimuli to assess pitch-match frequency.

Linking the Electrical Conductivity and Non-Stoichiometry of Thin Film CeZrO by a Resonant Nanobalance Approach.

Bulk ceria-zirconia solid solutions (CeZrO, CZO) are highly suited for application as oxygen storage materials in automotive three-way catalytic converters (TWC) due to the high levels of achievable oxygen non-stoichiometry δ. In thin film CZO, the oxygen storage properties are expected to be further enhanced. The present study addresses this aspect.