Altered brain wave activity in persons with chronic spinal cord injury

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1731-1746

  Herbert, D ^a   Tran, Y ^a   Craig, A ^a   Boord, P ^a   Middleton, J ^b   Siddall, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain wave activity; EEG; Electroencephalography; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 35948966795     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701242826     Document Type: Article

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