Global functional coupling of resting EEG rhythms is related to white-matter lesions along the cholinergic tracts in subjects with amnesic mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 859-871

  Babiloni, Claudio ^a,b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^c   Vecchio, Fabrizio ^c   Pievani, Michela ^c   Geroldi, Cristina ^c   De Carli, Charles ^d   Ferri, Raffaele ^e   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^f   Lizio, Roberta ^g   Rossini, Paolo M ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura San Raffaele Cassino ^*  (Italy)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^g IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amnesic mild cognitive impairment; Cholinergic system; EEG rhythms; Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mini Mental State Examination; Spectral coherence; Total coherence; White matter vascular lesion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77149123323     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-1290     Document Type: Article

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