<p>I wasn't able to find the exact figure in the literature or in the webpages you linked, but the pages you link include <a href="https://www.reflexions.uliege.be/cms/c_338518/fr/sons-fantomes-dans-la-tete?part=5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a web page with references</a>, including a PLOS paper from the University of Liege on tinnitus that is closely related to your current question and from a group affiliated to the same academic institution <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036222&amp;type=printable" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(Maudoux <em>et al</em>., 2012)</a>.</p>
<p>This paper includes Fig. 1 below obtained from tinnitus patients and a group of controls where they found the following structures to be involved in altered (either increased or decreased) baseline connectivities (numbers correspond to Fig. 1, the ones indicated with '(-)' showed less activity, the others more):</p>
<ol>
<li>Brainstem/Cerebellum</li>
<li>Basal ganglia/NAc</li>
<li>Parahippocampal gyri</li>
<li>Superior temporal gyrus</li>
<li>Orbitofrontal cortex</li>
<li>Prefrontal cortex (-)</li>
<li>Prefrontal cortex</li>
<li>Superior frontal gyrus (-)</li>
<li>Inferior frontal gyrus</li>
<li>Fusiform gyrus (-)</li>
<li>Superior temporal gyrus (-)</li>
<li>Postcentral gyrus</li>
<li>Precentral gyrus</li>
<li>Cuneus/Precuneus (-)</li>
</ol>
<p>Which of these 12 areas exactly correspond to the ones in your figure, I don't know. Because the ones in your Fig. are colored red, they very likely correspond to increased activities in their connectivity, so areas 1-5, 7, 9, 12 and 13 would be logical candidates.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/nJNOM.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nJNOM.jpg" alt="fMRI" /></a><br />
<sup>Fig. 1. fMRI scans showing increased (red) and decreased (blue) connectivity in the auditory resting-state network in tinnitus. source: <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036222&amp;type=printable" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Maudoux <em>et al</em>. (2012)</a></sup></p>
<p><sub><strong>Reference</strong><br />
<strong>-</strong> <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036222&amp;type=printable" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Maudoux <em>et al</em>. PLOS One (2012); <strong>7</strong>(5): e36222</a></sub></p>

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<p>I am interested in learning about the neural mechanisms behind tinnitus, and was wondering if someone could help me to name the parts of the brain on the image below from a site of the <a href="http://reflexions.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_338518/en/phantom-noises-in-the-head?portal=j_55&amp;printView=true" rel="nofollow noreferrer">University Liege</a> that show increased activity in tinnitus sufferers.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gloP0.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
<p>From what I understand, the large area showing increased activity is the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe, although my knowledge of brain anatomy is not good enough to identify the others (though I have tried!)</p>
<p><strong>What are the names of the areas showing increased activity for the tinnitus group in the above image?</strong></p>

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What are the brain regions related to tinnitus shown in this figure?
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# What are the brain regions related to tinnitus shown in this figure?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-08)

I am interested in learning about the neural mechanisms behind tinnitus, and was wondering if someone could help me to name the parts of the brain on the image below from a site of the [University Liege](http://reflexions.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_338518/en/phantom-noises-in-the-head?portal=j_55&printView=true) that show increased activity in tinnitus sufferers.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/gloP0.png)

From what I understand, the large area showing increased activity is the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe, although my knowledge of brain anatomy is not good enough to identify the others (though I have tried!)

**What are the names of the areas showing increased activity for the tinnitus group in the above image?**

**Tags:** neuroscience, neuroimaging, neuroanatomy, hearing


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-01-10. Score: 1

I wasn't able to find the exact figure in the literature or in the webpages you linked, but the pages you link include [a web page with references](https://www.reflexions.uliege.be/cms/c_338518/fr/sons-fantomes-dans-la-tete?part=5), including a PLOS paper from the University of Liege on tinnitus that is closely related to your current question and from a group affiliated to the same academic institution [(Maudoux *et al*., 2012)](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036222&type=printable).

This paper includes Fig. 1 below obtained from tinnitus patients and a group of controls where they found the following structures to be involved in altered (either increased or decreased) baseline connectivities (numbers correspond to Fig. 1, the ones indicated with '(-)' showed less activity, the others more):

1. Brainstem/Cerebellum
2. Basal ganglia/NAc
3. Parahippocampal gyri
4. Superior temporal gyrus
5. Orbitofrontal cortex
6. Prefrontal cortex (-)
7. Prefrontal cortex
8. Superior frontal gyrus (-)
9. Inferior frontal gyrus
10. Fusiform gyrus (-)
11. Superior temporal gyrus (-)
12. Postcentral gyrus
13. Precentral gyrus
14. Cuneus/Precuneus (-)

Which of these 12 areas exactly correspond to the ones in your figure, I don't know. Because the ones in your Fig. are colored red, they very likely correspond to increased activities in their connectivity, so areas 1-5, 7, 9, 12 and 13 would be logical candidates.

[![fMRI](https://i.sstatic.net/nJNOM.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/nJNOM.jpg)  
Fig. 1. fMRI scans showing increased (red) and decreased (blue) connectivity in the auditory resting-state network in tinnitus. source: [Maudoux *et al*. (2012)](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036222&type=printable)

**Reference**  
**-** [Maudoux *et al*. PLOS One (2012); **7**(5): e36222](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036222&type=printable)


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