Alzheimer's disease: relationship between cognitive aspects and power and coherence EEG measures
Lineu C Fonseca1, Gloria M A S Tedrus, Larissa R Prandi
1Faculdade de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, SP, Brazil. lineu.fonseca@uol.com.br
Objective:
To evaluate the relationship between specific cognitive aspects and quantitative EEG measures, in patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Method:
Thirty-eight AD patients and 31 controls were assessed by CERAD neuropsychological battery (Consortium to Establish a Registry for AD) and the electroencephalogram (EEG). The absolute power and coherences EEG measures were calculated at rest. The correlations between the cognitive variables and the EEG were evaluated.
Results:
In the AD group there were significant correlations between different coherence EEG measures and Mini-Mental State Examination, verbal fluency, modified Boston naming, word list memory with repetition, word list recall and recognition, and constructional praxis (p<0.01). These correlations were all negative for the delta and theta bands and positive for alpha and beta. There were no correlations between cognitive aspects and absolute EEG power.
Conclusion:
The coherence EEG measures reflect different forms in the relationship between regions related to various cognitive dysfunctions.
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