Alzheimer’s disease: the state of the art in resting-state magnetoencephalography

Worldwide, approximately 35.6 million people are estimated to have dementia (WHO, 2012). Dementia prevalence ranges between 1.6% and 6.4% in subjects over age 60 and increases disproportionally with advancing age (Ferri et al., 2005). Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is known to be accompanied by abnormal neuronal activity that has been linked to amyloid beta depositions between neurons (Bero et al 2011; Walker and Jucker, 2011). Although studies have indicated several potentially modifiable risk factors for AD (Norton et al., 2014), at this moment, no curative interventions are available.

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