Multiple frequency functional connectivity in the hand somatosensory network: An EEG study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1216-1224

  Porcaro, Camillo ^a,b   Coppola, Gianluca ^c   Pierelli, Francesco ^d   Seri, Stefano ^f   Di Lorenzo, Giorgio ^g   Tomasevic, Leo ^a   Salustri, Carlo ^a   Tecchio, Franca ^a,e  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^e IRCCS   (Italy)

^f ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

600Hz; Electroencephalography (EEG); Functional connectivity; Functional Source Separation (FSS); Granger causality; High frequency oscillations (HFO); Low frequency oscillations (LFO); Partial Directed Coherence (PDC); Somatosensory subcortical and primary cortical network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84878109546     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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