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Working memory deficits in multiple sclerosis: a controlled study with auditory P600 correlates.

C Sfagos1, C C Papageorgiou, K K Kosma

  • 1Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
|August 23, 2003
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Multiple sclerosis patients exhibit altered P600 brain activity during working memory tasks, indicating issues with target detection completion. These P600 abnormalities may explain cognitive deficits observed in multiple sclerosis.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Neurology

Background:

  • The P600 event-related potential, linked to basal ganglia and cingulate activity, reflects synchronized operation completion post-target detection and working memory.
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS) pathophysiology involves dysfunction in these brain areas and working memory deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate P600 patterns during a working memory test in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients compared to healthy controls.
  • To explore the relationship between P600 abnormalities and cognitive deficits in MS.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty-two chronic progressive MS patients and 20 healthy controls underwent a computerized digit span test.
  • Auditory P600 event-related potentials were measured during the anticipatory period of the working memory task.

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Main Results:

  • MS patients showed significantly reduced P600 latencies at left frontal areas and reduced amplitudes at left temporoparietal regions compared to controls.
  • Memory performance was significantly more impaired in MS patients than in healthy controls.

Conclusions:

  • MS is associated with abnormal P600 features, suggesting dysfunction in synchronized operation completion after target detection.
  • These P600 abnormalities may contribute to understanding the cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis.