Spectral analysis of a thalamus-to-cortex

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 657-664

  Pathway, Seizure ^a   Sherman, David Lee ^a   Tsai, Yien Che ^b   Rossell, Lisa Ann ^a   Mirski, Marek A ^a   Thakor, Nitish V ^a,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; EEG; Epilipsy; Siezure; Spectrum; Thalmus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MULTIPLE COHERENCE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS TO CORTEX SEIZURE PATHWAY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS;

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031214650     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.605422     Document Type: Article

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