Reactivity of cortical alpha rhythms to eye opening in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: An EEG study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1047-1064

  Babiloni, Claudio ^a,b   Lizio, Roberta ^c   Vecchio, Fabrizio ^d   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^d   Pievani, Michela ^d   Geroldi, Cristina ^d   Claudia, Fracassi ^d   Ferri, Raffaele ^e   Lanuzza, Bartolo ^e   Rossini, Paolo M ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

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

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

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

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amnesic mild cognitive impairment; and alpha rhythms; delta; electroencephalography; eyes closed resting state; eyes open resting state; low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA); theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79751492804     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100798     Document Type: Article

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