ReviewNature reviews. Neurology2016
Maladaptive plasticity in tinnitus--triggers, mechanisms and treatment.
Review in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04862572 (Investigating Disinhibitory Brain Mechanism in Tinnitus and Hearing Loss), which is not on this map. Cited by 249 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Investigating Disinhibitory Brain Mechanism in Tinnitus and Hearing Loss: Is There a Maladaptive Signature of Auditory Cortex GABA Loss and Dysconnectivity?
Who cites it
249 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 453 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pharmacotherapy options for the management of subjective tinnitus: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of tailor-made notched music training (TMNMT) in the treatment of tinnitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Guideline
- Cognitive behavioural therapy for tinnitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of late auditory evoked potentials as a candidate biomarker in the assessment of tinnitus.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- A multidisciplinary European guideline for tinnitus: diagnostics, assessment, and treatment.HNO · 2019Guideline
- Altered parietal multisensory integration in chronic tinnitus during closed-loop real-time fMRI auditory downregulation.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2026Trial
- Tinnitus disorder and musical auditory training: a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial.CoDAS · 2026Trial
- Focal tDCS of auditory cortex in chronic tinnitus: A randomized controlled mechanistic trial.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Trial
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- Gray matter declines with age and hearing loss, but is partially maintained in tinnitus.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- The Gut-Ear Axis: From Dysbiosis to Auditory and Vestibular Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Targeted inhibition of the BDNF/AKT/mTOR pathway in the inferior colliculus ameliorates salicylate-induced tinnitus in rats.iScience · 2026Article
- The Relationships Among Tinnitus Intensity, Complexity, Sound Intolerance, and Psychiatric Symptoms.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Four decades of tinnitus pathology research: a bibliometric analysis of scientific trends, collaborations, and research hotspots.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Review
- Genotype-guided Recall Delineates the Adult Auditory Phenotype in GJB2 p.V37I Homozygotes: High-frequency Vulnerability and Environmental Modulation.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026Article
- Smartphone-based tinnitus retraining therapy in Ménière's disease patients following vestibular ablation: a feasibility study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- The Tinnitus and Hearing Survey-Hebrew and Arabic Translation and Adaptation.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Whole-Brain Structural Connectivity Alterations in Chronic Subjective Tinnitus: An Exploratory Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- A Pressure-Centered Mechanistic Framework for Precision Otology: The Neuro-Vascular-Mechanical-Inflammatory-Autonomic (NVMIA) Regulatory Architecture.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
189 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation that reduces quality of life for millions of people worldwide, and for which there is no medical cure. Most cases of tinnitus are associated with hearing loss caused by ageing or noise exposure. Exposure to loud recreational sound is common among the young, and this group are at increasing risk of developing tinnitus. Head or neck injuries can also trigger the development of tinnitus, as altered somatosensory input can affect auditory pathways and lead to tinnitus or modulate its intensity. Emotional and attentional state could be involved in the development and maintenance of tinnitus via top-down mechanisms. Thus, military personnel in combat are particularly at risk owing to combined risk factors (hearing loss, somatosensory system disturbances and emotional stress). Animal model studies have identified tinnitus-associated neural changes that commence at the cochlear nucleus and extend to the auditory cortex and other brain regions. Maladaptive neural plasticity seems to underlie these changes: it results in increased spontaneous firing rates and synchrony among neurons in central auditory structures, possibly generating the phantom percept. This Review highlights the links between animal and human studies, and discusses several therapeutic approaches that have been developed to target the neuroplastic changes underlying tinnitus.
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