Magnetic source imaging in fixation-off sensitivity: Relationship with alpha rhythm

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-223

  Parra, Jaime ^a,e   Meeren, Hanneke K M ^b   Kalitzin, Stiliyan ^a   Suffczynski, Piotr ^c   De Munck, Jan C ^b   Harding, Graham F A ^d   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorothée G A ^a   Lopes Da Silva, Fernando H ^a  

^a Dutch Epilepsy Clinics Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Dipole localization; Epilepsy; Fixation off sensitivity; Magnetic source imaging; Magnetoencephalography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; VISION;

EID: 0034069835     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200003000-00010     Document Type: Short Survey

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