In search of the Rosetta Stone for scalp EEG: Converging on reference-free techniques

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1973-1975

  Kayser, Jürgen ^a   Tenke, Craig E ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCALP;

EID: 78049320755     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.04.030     Document Type: Editorial

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