Neurophysiological changes with age probed by inverse modeling of EEG spectra

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-38

  van Albada, S J ^a,b,c   Kerr, C C ^a,b   Chiang, A K I ^a,b   Rennie, C J ^a,b   Robinson, P A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortex; EEG; Mean field model; Spectra; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENDRITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENDRITES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649087911     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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