Functional connectivity in mild cognitive impairment during a memory task: Implications for the disconnection hypothesis

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-193

  Bajo, Ricardo ^a   Maestú, Fernando ^a,b   Nevado, Angel ^a,b   Sancho, Miguel ^b   Gutiérrez, Ricardo ^a   Campo, Pablo ^a   Castellanos, Nazareth P ^a   Gil, Pedro ^c   Moratti, Stephan ^a,b   Pereda, Ernesto ^d   Del Pozo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disconnection syndrome; functional connectivity; magnetoencephalography; memory; mild cognitive impairment; synchronization likelihood

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 78650638896     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100177     Document Type: Article

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