10 Hz flicker improves recognition memory in older people

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Williams, Jonathan ^a   Ramaswamy, Deepa ^a,b   Oulhaj, Abderrahim ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; WORD RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33645643366     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-21     Document Type: Article

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