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Abbreviations

ACC:

Anterior cingulate cortex

AM:

Amplitude modulation

dB:

Decibel

DPFC:

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

EEG:

Electroencephalography

ERS:

Event-related synchronization

Hz:

Hertz

MEG:

Magnetoencephalography

OF:

Orbitofrontal cortex

PCC:

Posterior cingulate cortex

PDC:

Partial directed coherence

PET:

Positron emission tomography

rCBF:

Regional cerebral blood flow

SLIM:

Synchronization by loss of inhibition model

SPL:

Sound pressure level

SSR:

Steady state response

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This work was supported be the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI), and the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz.

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Schlee, W., Lorenz, I., Hartmann, T., Müller, N., Schulz, H., Weisz, N. (2011). A Global Brain Model of Tinnitus. In: Møller, A.R., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Kleinjung, T. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_20

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