A quantitative study of gamma-band activity in human intracranial recordings triggered by visual stimuli

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2608-2622

  Lachaux, Jean Philippe ^a   Rodriguez, Eugenio ^a   Martinerie, Jacques ^a   Adam, Claude ^a   Hasboun, Dominique ^a   Varela, Francisco J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma band activity; Human; Intracortical recordings; Phase synchronization; Surrogate data; Time frequency analysis; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033930747     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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