Foundation and practice of neurofeedback for the treatment of epilepsy

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-35

  Sterman, M Barry ^a   Egner, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Neurofeedback; Neurotherapy; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ASSERTIVENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CATS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33744967772     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-006-9002-x     Document Type: Review

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