Can LENS neurofeedback treat anosmia resulting from a head injury?

Journal of Neurotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Hammond, D Corydon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anosmia; EEG biofeedback; LENS; Low Energy Neurofeedback System; Neurofeedback; TBI

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANOSMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LOW ENERGY NEUROFEEDBACK SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 34548474319     PISSN: 10874208     EISSN: 1530017X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J184v11n01_06     Document Type: Article

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