Phase synchrony in the early preterm EEG: Development of methods for estimating synchrony in both oscillations and events

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1562-1573

  Tokariev, Anton ^a   Palmu, Kirsi ^b,c   Lano, Aulikki ^d   Metsäranta, Marjo ^d   Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Neonatal neurophysiology; Newborn; Preterm EEG

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 84857321474     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.080     Document Type: Article

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