Brain oscillatory complexity across the life span

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2154-2162

  Fernández, Alberto ^a,b   Zuluaga, Pilar ^a   Abásolo, Daniel ^c   Gómez, Carlos ^d   Serra, Anahi ^a   Méndez, María Andreina ^e   Hornero, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE'S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brain development; Complexity; Life span; White matter development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867006367     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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