Electroencephalographic coherence in Alzheimer's disease: Comparisons with a control group and population norms

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Knott, Verner ^a   Mohr, Erich ^b   Mahoney, Colleen ^a   Ilivitsky, Vadim ^a  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRA International USA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0034047088     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198870001300101     Document Type: Article

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