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Weihua Wang

Department of Physiology, University of Arizona

Cortical neuroinflammation and excitatory-inhibitory synaptic imbalance after noise-induced hearing loss.

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Papers (1)

Neuroinflammation mediates noise-induced synaptic imbalance and tinnitus in rodent models.

PLoS biology · 2019

The landmark causal study: noise-induced tinnitus is driven by TNF-α and microglial activation in the auditory cortex, and blocking either one prevents it in mice.

Animal study (in vivo)
Mouse & rat