Biofeedback in the treatment of epilepsy

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Sterman, M Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CATS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 77954751930     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.77.s3.11     Document Type: Review

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