Graph theoretical analysis of magnetoencephalographic functional connectivity in Alzheimer's disease

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Stam, C J ^a   De Haan, W ^b   Daffertshofer, A ^c   Jones, B F ^d   Manshanden, I ^a   Van Cappellen Van Walsum, A M ^e,f   Montez, T ^g   Verbunt, J P A ^a,h   De Munck, J C ^h   Van Dijk, B W ^a,h   Berendse, H W ^b   Scheltens, P ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Functional connectivity; MEG; Small world networks; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 58949094701     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn262     Document Type: Article

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