Resting EEG Is Affected by Exposure to a Pulsed ELF Magnetic Field

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-203

  Cook, Charles M ^a   Thomas, Alex W ^b   Prato, Frank S ^b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alpha waves; Electromagnetic field; Occipital; Parietal

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ALPHA ACTIVITIES; ALPHA WAVES; ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD EXPOSURE; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; OCCIPITAL; PARIETAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942422566     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10188     Document Type: Article

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