The dynamics of EEG gamma responses to unpleasant visual stimuli: From local activity to functional connectivity

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 922-932

  Martini, Nicola ^a   Menicucci, Danilo ^b,c   Sebastiani, Laura ^d   Bedini, Remo ^b,c   Pingitore, Alessandro ^b,c   Vanello, Nicola ^d   Milanesi, Matteo ^a   Landini, Luigi ^a,d   Gemignani, Angelo ^b,c,d  

^a FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; Event related potentials; Gamma band activity; Phase locking synchronization; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVENT RELATED SYNCHRONIZATION; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857029126     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.060     Document Type: Article

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