Imaging of thalamocortical dysrhythmia in neuropsychiatry

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2011, Pages

  Schulman, Joshua J ^a   Cancro, Robert ^a   Lowe, Sandlin ^a   Lu, Feng ^a   Walton, Kerry D ^a   Llinás, Rodolfo R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gamma; Magnetoencephalography; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Schizophrenia; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CALCIUM CHANNELOPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL DYSRHYTHMIA; TINNITUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 82955235667     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00069     Document Type: Article

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