Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1444-1452 , September 2009

Abnormal-induced theta activity supports early directed-attention network deficits in progressive MCI

  • Marie-Pierre Deiber

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 2 chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland
    • INSERM U877, Faculty of Medicine, Domaine de La Merci, 38706 La Tronche, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 2 chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 305 53 82; fax: +41 22 305 53 75.
    • ,
  • Vicente Ibañez

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 2 chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Pascal Missonnier

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 2 chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 2 chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • François Herrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, 3 chemin du Pont-Bochet, 1226 Thônex, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Lara Fazio-Costa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, 3 chemin du Pont-Bochet, 1226 Thônex, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Gabriel Gold

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, 3 chemin du Pont-Bochet, 1226 Thônex, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Panteleimon Giannakopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 2 chemin du Petit-Bel-Air, 1225 Chêne-Bourg, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Division of Old Age Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Lausanne, Site de Cery, Route du Mont, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 5 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.11.021

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1444-1452 , September 2009

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