Background cerebral electrical activity in healthy mental aging

Human Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Volf, N V ^a   Gluhih, A A ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

age related differences; baseline EEG; frequency analysis; power mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053489770     PISSN: 03621197     EISSN: 16083164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0362119711040207     Document Type: Article

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