Gamma synchronization in human primary somatosensory cortex as revealed by somatosensory evoked neuromagnetic fields

Brain Research

Volumn 986, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Tecchio, Franca ^a,b   Babiloni, Claudio ^c,d   Zappasodi, Filippo ^a,b   Vecchio, Fabrizio ^b,c   Pizzella, Vittorio ^e,f   Romani, Gian Luca ^e,f   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,d,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^f INFM   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma band; Magnetoencephalography; Somatosensory evoked field; Spectral coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB;

EID: 0142058847     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03171-8     Document Type: Article

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