Region-specific slowing of alpha oscillations is associated with visual-perceptual abilities in children born very preterm

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Doesburg, Sam M ^a,b,c,d   Moiseev, Alexander ^e   Herdman, Anthony T ^e,f   Ribary, Urs ^e,f,g,h   Grunau, Ruth E ^f,h  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha band; Cognition; Development; Magnetoencephalography; Neural oscillation; Perception; Preterm; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROANATOMY; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMATURITY; THALAMUS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84888121586     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00791     Document Type: Article

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