Complexity of functional connectivity networks in mild cognitive impairment subjects during a working memory task

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 694-702

  Ahmadlou, Mehran ^a   Adeli, Anahita ^b   Bajo, Ricardo ^c   Adeli, Hojjat ^b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity of functional connectivity networks; Efficiency complexity; Graph index complexity; Magneto encephalography; Mild cognitive impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFICIENCY COMPLEXITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAPH INDEX COMPLEXITY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84896690650     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.08.033     Document Type: Article

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