Negative potential shifts and the prediction of the outcome of neurofeedback therapy in epilepsy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-686

  Kotchoubey, B ^a   Strehl, U ^a   Holzapfel, S ^b   Blankenhorn, V ^b   Froscher W ^c   Birbaumer, N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center Kork   (Germany)

^c Psychiatrical Center Weissenau   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Outcome prediction; Self regulation; Slow conical potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032939253     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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