Vagus somatosensory evoked potentials are delayed in Alzheimer's disease, but not in major depression

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-267

  Polak, Thomas ^a   Dresler, Thomas ^b   Zeller, Julia B M ^a   Warrings, Bodo ^a   Scheuerpflug, Peter ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^b   Deckert, Jürgen ^a   Metzger, Florian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Differential diagnosis; Early diagnosis; Evoked potentials technology; Neurodegenerative diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGUS SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84897466464     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-013-0415-2     Document Type: Article

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