Correlations of topographical EEG features with clinical severity in mild and moderate dementia of alzheimer type

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Chiaramonti, R ^a   Muscas, G C ^a   Paganini, M ^a   Versari, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fast Fourier transformation analysis; Global deterioration scale; Mini Mental State examination; Topographical EEG analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030884534     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119375     Document Type: Article

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