Brain vascular damage of cholinergic pathways and EEG markers in mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-372

  Moretti, Davide Vito ^a   Pievani, Michela ^a   Fracassi, Claudia ^a   Geroldi, Cristina ^a   Calabria, Marco ^a   De Carli, Charles S ^b   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,c   Frisoni, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain rhythms; Electroencephalography; Mild cognitive impairment; Vascular cholinergic pathways impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; THETA RHYTHM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 57349087164     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2008-15302     Document Type: Article

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