Mobile phone emission increases inter-hemispheric functional coupling of electroencephalographic alpha rhythms in epileptic patients

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-171

  Vecchio, Fabrizio ^a   Tombini, Mario ^b   Buffo, Paola ^c   Assenza, Giovanni ^b   Pellegrino, Giovanni ^b   Benvenga, Antonella ^b   Babiloni, Claudio ^d,e   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^e,f  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e San Raffaele Cassino ^*  (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG alpha rhythms; Epilepsy; Functional coupling; Mobile phone emission; Spectral coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CELLULAR PHONE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860310000     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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