Mean phase coherence as a measure for phase synchronization and its application to the EEG of epilepsy patients Export

@article{citeulike:2231456, abstract = {We apply the concept of phase synchronization of chaotic and/or noisy systems and the statistical distribution of the relative instantaneous phases to electroencephalograms (EEGs) recorded from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Using the mean phase coherence as a statistical measure for phase synchronization, we observe characteristic spatial and temporal shifts in synchronization that appear to be strongly related to pathological activity. In particular, we observe distinct differences in the degree of synchronization between recordings from seizure-free intervals and those before an impending seizure, indicating an altered state of brain dynamics prior to seizure activity.}, author = {Mormann, Florian and Lehnertz, Klaus and David, Peter and Elger}, citeulike-article-id = {2231456}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00087-7}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVK-411W4TY-7/2/bcd7a6c58942ced05427d69006044544}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00087-7}, journal = {Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena}, keywords = {plv, synchronization}, month = {October}, number = {3-4}, pages = {358--369}, posted-at = {2008-01-14 18:34:07}, priority = {3}, title = {Mean phase coherence as a measure for phase synchronization and its application to the EEG of epilepsy patients}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00087-7}, volume = {144}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2231456 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2231456 N2 - We apply the concept of phase synchronization of chaotic and/or noisy systems and the statistical distribution of the relative instantaneous phases to electroencephalograms (EEGs) recorded from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Using the mean phase coherence as a statistical measure for phase synchronization, we observe characteristic spatial and temporal shifts in synchronization that appear to be strongly related to pathological activity. In particular, we observe distinct differences in the degree of synchronization between recordings from seizure-free intervals and those before an impending seizure, indicating an altered state of brain dynamics prior to seizure activity. IS - 3-4 JF - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena EP - 369 TI - Mean phase coherence as a measure for phase synchronization and its application to the EEG of epilepsy patients VL - 144 SP - 358 KW - plv KW - synchronization AU - Mormann, Florian AU - Lehnertz, Klaus AU - David, Peter AU - Elger PY - 2000/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00087-7 ER -