EEG power spectrum differences in early and late onset forms of Alzheimer's disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 621-631

  Pucci, E ^a   Belardinelli, N ^a   Cacchio G ^a   Signorino, M ^a   Angeleri, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age factors; Age of onset; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; EEG; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032953391     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(98)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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