Intermittent rhythmic delta activity patterns

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-256

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Policlinico G Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

FIRDA; Intermittent rhythmic delta activity; OIRDA; TIRDA

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL INTERMITTENT RHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT RHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL INTERMITTENT RHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL INTERMITTENT RHYTHMIC DELTA ACTIVITY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 79951673446     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.11.009     Document Type: Review

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