Sustained reduction of seizures in patients with intractable epilepsy after self-regulation training of slow cortical potentials - 10 years after

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Strehl, Ute ^a   Birkle, Sarah M ^b   Wörz, Sonja ^a   Kotchoubey, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Long term follow Up; Neurofeedback; Seizure reduction; Slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROFEEDBACK; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CARE; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905647150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00604     Document Type: Article

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