Event-related delta and theta brain oscillations reflect age-related changes in both a general and a specific neuronal inhibitory mechanism

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1156-1167

  Schmiedt Fehr, C ^a   Basar Eroglu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; ERP; Go NoGo; Intraindividual variability; Response inhibition; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NOGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVOUSNESS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; THETA RHYTHM;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956372931     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.10.045     Document Type: Article

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