Long-term enhanced desynchronization of the alpha rhythm following tetanic stimulation of human visual cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-223

  Clapp, Wesley C ^a   Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Hamm, Jeff P ^a   Teyler, Tim J ^b,c   Kirk, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Pharmacology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Event related desynchronization; Human; Long term potentiation; Tetanus; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33646374966     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.081     Document Type: Article

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