Neurofeedback for treating tinnitus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dohrmann, Katalin ^a   Weisz, Nathan ^b   Schlee, Winfried ^a   Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

Author keywords

EEG; neurofeedback; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; TINNITUS; TRAINING;

EID: 35348869896     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)66046-4     Document Type: Review

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