EEG power and coherence in children with educational problems

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-282

  Gasser, Theo ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^a   Gasser, Ursula Schreiter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hegibach Gerontopsychiatric Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coherence; EEG; Learning disability; Mental retardation; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0141960367     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200307000-00007     Document Type: Article

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