Memory-related EEG power and coherence reductions in mild Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-163

  Hogan, Michael J ^a,d   Swanwick, Gregory R J ^a   Kaiser, Jochen ^b   Rowan, Michael ^c   Lawlor, Brian ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Coherence; Spectral power; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; RECORDING; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0043208848     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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