Analysis of grey matter in thalamus and basal ganglia based on EEG α3/α2 frequency ratio reveals specific changes in subjects with mild cognitive impairment

ASN Neuro

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 439-448

  Moretti, Davide V ^a   Paternicó, Donata ^a   Binetti, Giuliano ^a   Zanetti, Orazio ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Basal ganglia; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Mild cognitive impairment; Thalamus; Voxelbased morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALPHA3 ALPHA2 FREQUENCY RATIO; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULVINAR; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; THALAMUS;

EID: 84872187965     PISSN: 17590914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/AN20120058     Document Type: Article

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