Fig. 1

Exemplary WFA-FITC marked brain slices from a control (left panel), non-tinnitus (center panel) and tinnitus animal (right panel) 13 days after the trauma. Rectangles identify the evaluated cortical (turquoise)/brainstem reference (yellow) areas. White scale indicates 1 mm. Note that the luminance of the slices could vary, therefore only the ratio of cortex to brainstem luminance is used for further analyses