Self-regulation of slow cortical potentials in completely paralyzed human patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Kuebler, A ^a   Kotchoubey, B ^a   Salzmann, H P ^a   Ghanayim, N ^a   Perelmouter, J ^a   Homberg V ^b   Birbaumer, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Locked in syndrome; Paralysis; Self regulation; Slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032555455     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00570-9     Document Type: Article

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