Caffeine enhances frontal relative negativity of slow brain potentials in a task-free experimental setup

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Murd, Carolina ^a   Aru, Jaan ^b,c   Hiio, Mari ^d   Luiga, Iiris ^a   Bachmann, Talis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain state; Caffeine; Connectivity; EEG negativity; Evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLACEBOS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952300712     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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