Multiweek resting EEG cordance change patterns from repeated olfactory activation with two constitutionally salient homeopathic remedies in healthy young adults

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-453

  Bell, Iris R ^a,b   Howerter, Amy ^a   Jackson, Nicholas ^a,b   Brooks, Audrey J ^a   Schwartz, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILLA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; PULSATILLA; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; SMELL; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862104928     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0931     Document Type: Article

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