Use of non-linear EEG analysis to study abnormal brain dynamics in deaf human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Micheloyannis, S ^a   Stam, C J ^b   Fountoulakis, E ^a   Bourkas, M ^a   Arvanitis, S ^c   Papanikolaou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b 2545 CH   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chaos; Cortical activation; Deaf; Electroencephalography; Non linear; Plasticity; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEAFNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING;

EID: 0032547139     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00287-0     Document Type: Article

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