Quantitative EEG changes in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients before and during L-dopa therapy

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-362

  Stanzione, P ^a,b   Marciani, M G ^a,b   Maschio, M ^a   Bassetti, M A ^a   Spanedda, F ^a   Pierantozzi, M ^a   Semprini, R ^a   Bernardi, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dementia; L dopa; Parkinson's disease; Quantitative EEG

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029778334     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.1996.tb00229.x     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Agid Y, Ruberg M, Dubois B and Javoy-Agid F (1984) Biochemical substrates of mental disturbances in Parkinson's disease. In: Advances in Neurology, Vol. 40, Parkinson-Specific Motor and Mental Disturbances (Eds RG Hassler and JF Christ), pp. 211-218. New York, Raven Press.
2. Bagetta G, De Sarro G, Priolo E and Nisticò G (1988) Ventral tegmental area: site through which dopamine D2-receptor agonists evoke behavioural and electrocortical sleep in rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, 95, 860-866.
3. Brown RG and Marsden CD (1984) How common is dementia in Parkinson's disease? Lancet, i, 1262-1265.
4. Brown RG and Marsden CD (1990) Cognitive function in Parkinson's disease: from description to theory. Trends in Neuroscience, 13, 21-29.
5. Brenner RP, Ulrich RF, Spiker DG, Sclabassi RJ, Reynolds CF, Marin RS and Boller F (1986) Computerized EEG spectral analysis in elderly normal, demented and depressed subjects. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 64, 483-492.
6. Busse EW (1983) Electroencephalography. In: Alzheimer's Disease (Ed. B Reisberg), pp. 231-236. New York, The Free Press.
7. Caltagirone C, Gainotti C, Masullo C and Miceli G (1979) Validity of some neuropsychological tests in the assessment of mental deterioration. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 60, 50-56.
8. Caparros-Lefebvre D, Pecheux N and Petit V (1995) Which factors predict cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 58, 51-55.
9. Cash R, Dennis T, L'Heureux R, Raisman R, Javoy-Agid F and Scatton B (1987) Parkinson's disease and dementia: norepinephrine and dopamine in locus ceruleus. Neurology, 37, 42-46.
10. Chui HC, Mortimer JA, Slager U, Zarow C, Bondareff W and Webster DD (1986) Pathologic correlates of dementia in Parkinson's disease. Archives of Neurology, 43, 991-995.
11. Cummings JL and Benson DF (1991) Subcortical dementia in the extrapyramidal disorders. In: Dementia: a Clinical Approach, pp. 113-128. Stoneham, MA.
12. Di Chiara G, Porceddu ML, Vargiu L, Argiolas A and Gessa GL (1976) Evidence for dopamine receptors in the mouse brain mediating sedation. Nature, 264, 564-567.
13. Dubois B, Ruberg M, Javoy-Agid F, Ploska A and Agid Y (1983) A subcortico-cortical cholinergic system is affected in Parkinson's disease. Brain Research, 288, 213-218.
14. Duffy FH, Albert MS and McAnulty G (1984a) Brain electrical activity in patients with presenile and senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Annals of Neurology, 16, 439-448.
15. Duffy FH, Albert MS and McAnulty G (1984b) Age-related differences in brain electrical activity of healty subjects. Annals of Neurology, 16, 430-438.
16. England AC, Schwab RS and Peterson E (1959) The EEG in Parkinson's syndrome. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 11, 723-731.
17. Fahn S, Elton RL and the Unified Rating Scale Development Committee (1987) Recent Development in Parkinsons Disease, Vol. 2 (Eds S Fahn, CD Marsden and D Cohen), pp. 153-163. New York, Macmillan.
18. Gasser T, Bacher P and Mocks J (1982) Transformations towards the normal distribution of broad band spectral parameters of the EEG. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 53, 119-124.
19. Giaquinto S and Nolfe G (1986) The EEG in the normal elderly: a contribution to the interpretation of aging and dementia. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 63, 540-546.
20. Hohen and Yahr MD (1967) Parkinsonism: onset, progression and mortality. Neurology, 17, 427-442.
21. Hughes JR and Cayaffa JJ (1977) The EEG in patients at different ages without organic cerebral disease. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 42, 776-784.
22. Javoy-Agid F, Taguet H, Cesselin F, Epelbaum J, Grouselle D, Mauborgne A, Studler JM and Agid Y (1984) Neuropeptides in Parkinson's disease. In: Catecholamines: Neuropharmacology and Central Nervous System - Therapeutical Aspects (Ed. E Usdin), pp. 35-42. New York, Liss.
23. Kugler J (1983) Fast EEG activity in normal people of advanced age. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 56, 67p (abstract).
24. Marciani MG, Maschio M, Spanedda F, Caltagirone C, Gigli GL and Bernardi G (1994) Quantitative EEG evaluation in normal elderly subjects during mental processes: age-related changes. International Journal of Neuroscience, 76, 131-140.
25. Mereu G, Scarnati E, Paglietti E, Pellegrini-Quarantotti B, Chessa P, Di Chiara G and Cessa GL (1979) Sleep induced by low doses of apomorphine in rats. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 46, 214-219.
26. Neufeld MY, Inzelberg R and Korczyn AD (1988) EEG in demented and non-demented parkinsonian patients. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 78, 1-5.
27. Neufeld MY, Blumen S, Aitkin I, Parmet Y and Korczyn AD (1994) EEG frequency analysis in demented and non-demented parkinsonian patients. Dementia, 5, 23-28.
28. Obrist WD (1979) Electroencephalographic changes in normal aging and dementia. In: Brain Function in Old Age (Eds F Hoffmeister and C Muller), pp. 102-111. Bayer Symposium VII. Berlin, Springer.
29. Penttila M, Partanen VJ, Helkala EL and Riekkinen PJ (1982) EEG findings in senile dementia and normal aging. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 65, 59-70.
30. Perry RH, Tomlinson BE, Candy JM, Blessed G, Foster JF, Bloxham CA and Perry EK (1983) Cortical cholinergic deficit in mentally impaired parkinsonian patients. Lancet, ii, 789-790.
31. Pillon B, Dubois B, Cusimano G, Bonnet AM, Lhermitte F and Agid Y (1989) Does cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease result from non-dopaminergic lesions? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 52, 201-206.
32. Pozzi D, Petracchi M, Sabe L, Dancygier G, Garcia H and Starkstein S (1994) Quantified electroencephalographic changes in Parkinson's disease with and without dementia. European Journal of Neurology, 1, 147-152.
33. Primavera A and Novello P (1992) Quantitative electroencephalography in Parkinson's disease, dementia, depression and normal aging. Neuropsychobiology, 25, 102-105.
34. Ray WJ and Cole HW (1985) EEG α activity reflects attentional demands, and β activity reflects emotional and cognitive processes. Science, 228, 751-752.
35. Roubicek J (1977) The electroencephalogram in the middle-aged and the elderly. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 25, 145-152.
36. Ruberg M and Agid Y (1988) Dementia in Parkinson's disease. In: Handbook of psychopharmacology, Vol. 20: Psychopharmacology of the Aging Nervous System (Eds LL Iversen, SD Iversen and SH Snyder), pp. 157-206. New York, Plenum Press.
37. Schwab RS, England AC and Peterson E (1958) Comparison of EEG findings in Parkinson's disease. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 10, 186.
38. Soikkeli R, Partanen J, Soininen H, Pääkkönen and Riekkinen P Sr (1991) Slowing of EEG in Parkinson's disease. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 79, 159-165.
39. Williamson PC, Merskey H, Morrison S, Rabheru K, Fox H, Wands K, Wong C, Hachinski V (1990) Quantitative electroencephalographic correlates of cognitive decline in normal elderly subjects. Archives of Neurology, 47, 1185-1188.
40. Woodruff DS and Kramer DA (1979) EEG α slowing, refractory period, and reaction time in aging. Experimental Aging Research, 5, 279-292.