Visual evoked potentials and heart rate during white noise stimulation

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Lucchese, Franco ^a   Mecacci, Luciano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pulse rate; Visual evoked potentials; White noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033103043     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459908994305     Document Type: Article

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