EEG characteristics in "eyes-open" versus "eyes-closed" conditions: Small-world network architecture in healthy aging and age-related brain degeneration

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1261-1268

  Miraglia, Francesca ^a   Vecchio, Fabrizio ^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

EEG; ELORETA; Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Resting state; Small world networks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE OPENING; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REST;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; REST;

EID: 84957957077     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.07.040     Document Type: Article

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