The “Mozart Effect” on Epileptiform Activity

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-119

  Hughes, John R ^a   Daaboul, Yaman ^a   Fino, John J ^a   Shaw, Gordon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mozart Effect; Seizures; Sharp Waves; Spike Discharges

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MUSIC; NEUROMODULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; DELTA RHYTHM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032457806     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949802900301     Document Type: Article

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