Electroencephalographic changes following low energy emission therapy

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 424-429

  Lebet, J P ^a   Barbault, A ^a   Rossel, C ^b   Tomic, Z ^a   Reite, M ^c   Higgs, L ^c   Dafni, U ^d   Amato, D ^d   Pasche, B ^e  

^a Symtonic SA   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique Bon Port   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Symtonic USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Electroencephalography; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetics; LEET; Radio waves; Sleep; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; SLEEP RESEARCH;

INSOMNIA; LOOMIS CLASSIFICATION; LOW ENERGY EMISSION THERAPY; SLEEP ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; SLEEP INDUCTION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SLEEP; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP;

EID: 0030152501     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02660891     Document Type: Article

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