Human brain networks in physiological aging: A graph theoretical analysis of cortical connectivity from EEG data

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1239-1249

  Vecchio, Fabrizio ^a   Miraglia, Francesca ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^b   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,c  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delta and alpha bands; EEG; eLORETA; functional connectivity; graph theory; small world networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923652629     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-140090     Document Type: Article

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