The thalamus as the generator and modulator of EEG alpha rhythm: A combined PET/EEG study with lorazepam challenge in humans

NeuroImage

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 637-644

  Schreckenberger, Mathias ^a   Lange Asschenfeld, Christian ^a   Lochmann, Matthias ^a   Mann, Klaus ^a   Siessmeier, Thomas ^a   Buchholz, Hans Georg ^a   Bartenstein, Peter ^a   Gründer, Gerhard ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Cerebral glucose metabolism; EEG; Lorazepam; Positron emission tomography (PET); Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 2942567732     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.01.047     Document Type: Article

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