Unusual EEG Theta Rhythms over Central Region in Rett Syndrome: Considerations of the Underlying Dysfunction

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-43

  Niedermeyer, E ^a   Naidu, Sakku Bai ^b   Plate, Cynthia ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical; Electroencephalography; Motor Dyscontrol; Mu Rhythm; Rett Syndrome; Rolandic Spikes; Sensorimotor Region; Theta Rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; RETT SYNDROME; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031021545     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949702800107     Document Type: Article

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