A possible role of evoked alpha in primary sensory processing: Common properties of cat intracranial recordings and human EEG and MEG

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 149-170

  Schurmann M ^a   Basar Eroglu C ^a,b   Basar E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Brain Dynamics Research Unit   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpha response; EEG; Evoked and induced rhythms; MEG; Theta response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORY STIMULATION; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; CATS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0343118109     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(97)00762-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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