Influence of sympathetic autonomic arousal on cortical arousal: Implications for a therapeutic behavioural intervention in epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 185-193

  Nagai, Yoko ^a   Goldstein, Laura H ^b   Critchley, Hugo D ^a   Fenwick, Peter B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Contingent Negative Variation (CNV); Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

EID: 2142818537     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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