mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (ADMCI)

Different abnormalities of cortical neural synchronization mechanisms in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's and chronic kidney diseases. An EEG study

This study tested whether resting state alpha rhythms (8-13 Hz) may characterize mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (ADMCI) compared with MCI due to chronic kidney disease (CKDMCI). Clinical and resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms from 40 ADMCI, 29 CKDMCI, and 45 cognitively normal elderly (Nold) subjects were available in a national archive. Age, gender, and education were matched in the three groups, and Mini-Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) score was paired in the ADMCI and CKDMCI groups. Delta (

Functional cortical source connectivity of resting state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms shows similar abnormalities in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that markers of functional cortical source connectivity of resting
state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms may be abnormal in subjects with mild
cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s (ADMCI) and Parkinson’s (PDMCI) diseases compared to healthy
elderly subjects (Nold).
Methods: rsEEG data had been collected in ADMCI, PDMCI, and Nold subjects (N = 75 for any group).
eLORETA freeware estimated functional lagged linear connectivity (LLC) from rsEEG cortical sources.

Abnormalities of functional cortical source connectivity of resting-state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms are similar in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases

Previous evidence has shown different resting-state eyes-closed electroencephalographic delta (

Levodopa may affect cortical excitability in Parkinson's disease patients with cognitive deficits as revealed by reduced activity of cortical sources of resting state electroencephalographic rhythms

We hypothesized that dopamine neuromodulation might affect cortical excitability in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients set in quiet wakefulness, as revealed by resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms at alpha frequencies (8–12 Hz). Clinical and rsEEG rhythms in PD with dementia (N = 35), PD with mild cognitive impairment (N = 50), PD with normal cognition (N = 35), and normal (N = 50) older adults were available from an international archive. Cortical rsEEG sources were estimated by exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography.

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