Biofeedback and epilepsy

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-450

  Nagai, Yoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Galvanic skin response (GSR); Sensory motor rhythm (SMR); Slow cortical potentials (SCPs); Volitional control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN CORTEX; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY MOTOR RHYTHM BIOFEEDBACK; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIAL BIOFEEDBACK; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 80054816275     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0201-3     Document Type: Article

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