| Literature DB >> 18093675 |
Balázs Czigler1, Dóra Csikós, Zoltán Hidasi, Zsófia Anna Gaál, Eva Csibri, Eva Kiss, Pál Salacz, Márk Molnár.
Abstract
The goal of this study was to investigate the EEG signs of early stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) by conventional analyses and by methods quantifying linear and nonlinear EEG-complexity. The EEG was recorded in 12 mild AD patients and in an age-matched healthy control group (24 subjects) in both eyes open and eyes closed conditions. Frequency spectra, Omega-complexity and Synchronization likelihood were calculated on the data. In the patients a significant decrease of the relative alpha and increase of the theta power were found. Remarkably increased Omega-complexity and lower Synchronization likelihood were observed in AD in the 0.5-25 Hz frequency ranges. It is concluded that both spectral- and EEG-complexity changes can be found already in the early stage of AD in a wide frequency range. Application of conventional EEG analysis methods in combination with quantification of EEG-complexity may improve the chances of early diagnosis of AD.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 18093675 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Psychophysiol ISSN： 0167-8760 Impact factor: 2.997