Applied strategies towards EEG/MEG biomarker identification in clinical and cognitive research

Biomarkers in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-105

  Sakkalis, Vangelis ^a  

^a Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas Science and Technology Park of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

alcoholism; Alzheimers disease; autism; brain network analysis; EEG biomarkers; graph analysis; human brain connectivity measures; magnetoencephalography biomarkers; schizophrenia; spectral measures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMFEBUTAMONE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESCITALOPRAM;

ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP SPINDLE; STANDARDIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951790098     PISSN: 17520363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/bmm.10.121     Document Type: Review

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