Wavelike Properties of the Alpha Rhythm

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-21, Issue 6, 1974, Pages 473-482

  Nunez, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 0016125192     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1974.324336     Document Type: Article

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