The Darwinian plasticity hypothesis for tinnitus and pain

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The Darwinian plasticity hypothesis for tinnitus and pain

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

We present the hypothesis that expression of neural plasticity is a form of adaptation based on natural selection, where cells or cell groups deprived of sensory input actively go and look for information in order to survive. The Darwinian model of brain plasticity can explain the symptomatology induced by deprivation of input which was not well explained by classical plasticity without contradicting pertinent data from the neurophysiological, neuroanatomical, functional neuroimaging, and cli...

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Research paper

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Book Section

Date created

2007

Creator

De Ridder, Dirk / Van de Heyning, Paul

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/36462

Related subjects

auditory cortex / Darwin / Darwinian plasticity / deafferentation / neurostimulation / phantom pain / somatosensory cortex / tinnitus

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