Age-related differences in electroencephalogram connectivity and network topology

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1849-1859

  Knyazev, Gennady G ^a   Volf, Nina V ^a,b   Belousova, Ludmila V ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Connectivity; EEG; Graph theoretical analysis; Source localization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONNECTOME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933178688     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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