Reduced EEG alpha activity over parieto-occipital brain areas in congenitally blind adults

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1560-1573

  Kriegseis, Anne ^a   Hennighausen, Erwin ^a   Rösler, Frank ^a   Röder, Brigitte ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Blindness; EEG; Neuroplasticity; Spatial imagery; Tactile discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE TRACT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TOUCH;

EID: 33745369572     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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