Altered long-range alpha-band synchronization during visual short-term memory retention in children born very preterm

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2330-2339

  Doesburg, Sam M ^a,b   Ribary, Urs ^a,b,c,d   Herdman, Anthony T ^c   Miller, Steven P ^a,b   Poskitt, Kenneth J ^a,b   Moiseev, Alexander ^d   Whitfield, Michael F ^a,b   Synnes, Anne ^a,b   Grunau, Ruth E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Down Syndrome Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillation; Developmental neuroimaging; Functional connectivity; Magnetoencephalography; Neural networks; Neural synchrony; Preterm child; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; CHILD; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78650251830     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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