Photosensitive epilepsy: Spectral and coherence analyses of EEG using 14 Hz intermittent photic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-324

  Visani, E ^a   Varotto, G ^a   Binelli, S ^a   Fratello, L ^a   Franceschetti, S ^a   Avanzini, G ^a   Panzica, F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

AR model; Coherence analysis; IGE; Photosensitivity; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449117269     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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