Rhythmic pulsing: Linking ongoing brain activity with evoked responses

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mazaheri, Ali ^a,b   Jensen, Ole ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Amplitude asymmetry; Evoked responses; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; RHYTHMIC PULSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79651475613     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00177     Document Type: Article

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