Is the alpha rhythm a control parameter for brain responses?

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 471-480

  Başar, Erol ^a,d   Yordanova, Juliana ^b,d   Kolev, Vasil ^b,d   Başar Eroglu, Canan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031155937     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050360     Document Type: Article

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