Self-regulation of slow cortical potentials in epilepsy: A retrial with analysis of influencing factors

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Kotchoubey, B ^a   Schneider, D ^b   Schleichert, H ^a   Strehl, U ^a   Uhlmann, C ^c   Blankenhorn, V ^b   Froscher W ^c   Birbaumer, N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center Kork   (Germany)

^c Center for Psychiatry   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

biofeedback; drug resistant epilepsy; slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030297305     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(96)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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