Neural network modeling of central auditory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

Neural Networks

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 646-651

  Krishnamurti, Sridhar ^a   Drake, Lyle ^a   King, Justin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central auditory dysfunction; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

AGE-MATCHED CONTROLS; ALZHEIMER; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUDITORY ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAINSTEM; CENTRAL AUDITORY DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE PROCESS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FIGURE GROUND; HEARING THRESHOLD; HIGHER ORDER; INPUT VARIABLES; NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; TEMPORAL LOBES; TEST DATA;

AUDITION; BRAIN; DATA REDUCTION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUDITORY ATTENTION; AUDITORY CLOSURE; AUDITORY FIGURE GROUND; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 79957590022     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: 18792782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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