Age distribution of MEG spontaneous theta activity in healthy subjects

Brain Topography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-175

  Puligheddu, Monica ^a   De Munck, Jan C ^b   Stam, Cornelis J ^b   Verbunt, Jeroen ^b   De Jongh, Arent ^b   Van Dijk, Bob W ^b   Marrosu, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dipoles; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Power spectrum; Theta rhythms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 21644453021     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-005-4449-2     Document Type: Article

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