Loss of alpha power is related to increased gamma synchronization-A marker of reduced inhibition in tinnitus?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 453, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-228

  Lorenz, Isabel ^a   Müller, Nadia ^a   Schlee, Winfried ^a   Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Weisz, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Gamma; Magnetoencephalography; Oscillatory brain activity; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849143817     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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