Oxford Neuroscientists Discover Connection Between Tinnitus and Sleep in the Brain
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Summary
Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford have discovered a previously overlooked connection between tinnitus and sleep in the brain. Their research suggests that the subjective sounds of tinnitus (ringing, hissing, buzzing, or clicking) are closely intertwined with sleep processes, revealing a fundamental relationship between the two conditions that has been largely ignored until now.
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· 4 pulledThose who have never endured the relentless ringing of tinnitus can only dream of the torment.
The subjective sound, which can also be a hissing, buzzing, or clicking, is heard by no one else, and it may be present constantly, or may come and go.
Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford now suspect that sleep and tinnitus are closely intertwined in the brain.
Their findings hint at a fundamental relationship between the two conditions – one that has, surprisingly, been overlooked in the brain until very recently.
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