Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1787-1798 , October 2010

Cortical sources of resting EEG rhythms in mild cognitive impairment and subjective memory complaint

  • Claudio Babiloni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy
    • A.Fa.R., Dip. Neurosci. Osp. FBF; Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
    • Casa di Cura San Raffaele Cassino and IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia-Italy, V.le Pinto, 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy. Tel.: +39 0881 711716; fax: +39 0881 711716.
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  • Pieter Jelle Visser

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer Centre, Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
    • University Hospital of Maastricht – Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Giovanni Frisoni

      Affiliations

    • Fatebenefratelli, ospedale IRCCS S. Giovanni di Dio, Brescia, Italy
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  • Peter Paul De Deyn

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behaviour, Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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  • Lorena Bresciani

      Affiliations

    • Fatebenefratelli, ospedale IRCCS S. Giovanni di Dio, Brescia, Italy
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  • Vesna Jelic

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department NVS, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Guy Nagels

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behaviour, Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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  • Guido Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neurophysiology, Dept. of Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy
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  • Paolo M. Rossini

      Affiliations

    • A.Fa.R., Dip. Neurosci. Osp. FBF; Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
    • Casa di Cura San Raffaele Cassino and IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
    • Clin. Neurol. University “Campus Biomedico”, Rome, Italy
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  • Fabrizio Vecchio

      Affiliations

    • A.Fa.R., Dip. Neurosci. Osp. FBF; Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
    • Fatebenefratelli, ospedale IRCCS S. Giovanni di Dio, Brescia, Italy
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  • Danilo Colombo

      Affiliations

    • Dip. Fisiologia e Farmacologia, University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Frans Verhey

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Maastricht – Alzheimer Centre Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Lars-Olof Wahlund

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department NVS, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Flavio Nobili

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neurophysiology, Dept. of Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy

Received 5 October 2007 ,Revised 12 September 2008 ,Accepted 30 September 2008.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1787-1798 , October 2010

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