Microstates in resting-state EEG: Current status and future directions

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-113

  Khanna, Arjun ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a   Michel, Christoph M ^c,d   Farzan, Faranak ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c University of Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Electroencephalography; Global field potential; Microstates; Resting state; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; PEROSPIRONE; PIRACETAM; SULPIRIDE;

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MICROSTATE ANALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; PANIC; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REST;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REST;

EID: 84920870556     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.010     Document Type: Review

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