Reduced interhemispheric EEG coherence in Alzheimer disease: Analysis during rest and photic stimulation

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Wada, Yuji ^b   Nanbu, Yuko ^c   Koshino, Yoshifumi ^c   Yamaguchi, Nariyoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Takuma ^c  

^a Matsubara Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Coherence; Dementia; EEG; Functional connectivity; Photic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032420069     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199809000-00009     Document Type: Article

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