P300-based brain-computer interface communication: Evaluation and follow-up in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2009, Pages

  Silvoni, Stefano ^a   Volpato, Chiara ^a   Cavinato, Marianna ^a   Marchetti, Mauro ^b   Priftis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Merico, Antonio ^a   Tonin, Paolo ^a   Koutsikos, Konstantinos ^a   Beverina, Fabrizio ^a   Piccione, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain computer communication; Follow up; P300

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449445516     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.20.001.2009     Document Type: Article

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