Paper Info
Title
A neuronal network model with simplified tonotopicity for tinnitus generation and its relief by sound therapy.
Abstract
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the ears or in the head where no external source is present. Sound therapy is one of the most effective techniques for tinnitus treatment that have been proposed. In order to investigate mechanisms of tinnitus generation and the clinical effects of sound therapy, we have proposed conceptual and computational models with plasticity using a neural oscillator or a neuronal network model. In the present paper, we propose a neuronal network model with simplified tonotopicity of the auditory system as more detailed structure. In this model an integrate-and-fire neuron model is employed and homeostatic plasticity is incorporated. The computer simulation results show that the present model can show the generation of oscillation and its cessation by external input. It suggests that the present framework is promising as a modeling for the tinnitus generation and the effects of sound therapy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610911
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
conceptual models,computational models,neuronal network model,neurophysiology,head,tinnitus treatment,physiological models,tinnitus generation,ear,sound perception,oscillation generation,homeostatic plasticity,auditory system,hearing aids,clinical effects,neural oscillator model,tonotopicity,computer simulation,sound therapy,patient treatment,computational modeling,couplings,oscillators
Tinnitus,Neuroscience,Biological neuron model,Neurophysiology,Computer science,Auditory system,Computational model,Biological neural network,Perception,Homeostatic plasticity
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2013
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hirofumi Nagashino167.07
Y. Kinouchi22216.80
Ali A. Danesh311.26
Abhijit S. Pandya410822.91