Mobile phone emission modulates interhemispheric functional coupling of EEG alpha rhythms

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1908-1913

  Vecchio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Babiloni, Claudio ^a,b,c   Ferreri, Florinda ^b,d   Curcio, Giuseppe ^d,e   Fini, Rita ^b,d   Del Percio, Claudio ^c,f   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha band; EEG; Functional coupling; Mobile phone emission; Spectral coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DELTA RHYTHM; EAR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRONTAL CORTEX; HELMET; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MICROPHONE; MOBILE PHONE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELLULAR PHONE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34047259044     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05405.x     Document Type: Article

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