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ArticleClinical interventions in aging2016

Electroencephalography-driven approach to prodromal Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: from biomarker integration to network-level comprehension.

Davide Vito Moretti

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Article in Clinical interventions in aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Davide Vito MorettiRehabilitation in Alzheimer's Disease Operative Unit, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decay of the temporoparietal cortex is associated with prodromal Alzheimer's disease (AD). Additionally, shrinkage of the temporoparietal cerebral area has been connected with an increase in α3/α2 electroencephalogram (EEG) power ratio in prodromal AD. Furthermore, a lower regional blood perfusion has been exhibited in patients with a higher α3/α2 proportion when contrasted with low α3/α2 proportion. Furthermore, a lower regional blood perfusion and reduced hippocampal volume has been exhibited in patients with higher α3/α2 when contrasted with lower α3/α2 EEG power ratio. Neuropsychological evaluation, EEG recording, and magnetic resonance imaging were conducted in 74 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Estimation of cortical thickness and α3/α2 frequency power ratio was conducted for each patient. A subgroup of 27 patients also underwent single-photon emission computed tomography evaluation. In view of α3/α2 power ratio, the patients were divided into three groups. The connections among cortical decay, cerebral perfusion, and memory loss were evaluated by Pearson's r coefficient. Results demonstrated that higher α3/α2 frequency power ratio group was identified with brain shrinkage and cutdown perfusion inside the temporoparietal projections. In addition, decay and cutdown perfusion rate were connected with memory shortfalls in patients with MCI. MCI subgroup with higher α3/α2 EEG power ratio are at a greater risk to develop AD dementia.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesCognitive DysfunctionElectroencephalographyFemaleFrontal LobeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemory DisordersMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonBiomarkersalpha rhythmEEGhippocampal atrophyMRIprodromal ADSPECT

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PMID27462146
PMCPMC4939982
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