title: [Functional MRI of the hearing center].
abstract: Examination of the sense of hearing is a technically difficult undertaking especially with functional magnetic resonance imaging because the machine causes a high noise level during the measurement. This article describes the technical conditions which, nevertheless, allow the auditory capabilities to be tested. Furthermore, every switch point of the auditory pathway and the cortical areas involved, which are technically accessible in an investigation of the sense of hearing are pictorially described.
authors.affiliation: Neurozentrum, Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland. christoph.krick@uniklinikum-saarland.de
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Krick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Backens
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reith
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*