Navigation auf zora.uzh.ch

Search ZORA

ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive)

DDOS: due to massive botnet requests against our ‘Advanced Search’ we have restricted access to UZH (local and VPN). Thank you for your understanding.

Diagnostic usefulness of cognitive auditory event-related p300 subcomponents in patients with Alzheimers disease?

Juckel, G; Clotz, F; Frodl, T; Kawohl, W; Hampel, H; Pogarell, O; Hegerl, U (2008). Diagnostic usefulness of cognitive auditory event-related p300 subcomponents in patients with Alzheimers disease? Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 25(3):147-152.

Abstract

Early diagnosis of Alzheimers disease (AD) would be of great clinical value. Auditory event-related P300 mainly generated in temporoparietal regions is related to the pathophysiology of AD. A former study revealed that reliable separation of P300 subcomponents by dipole source analysis increased sensitivity (86.7%) and specificity (76.7%) in correctly detecting AD patients from healthy subjects. Aim of the present study was to replicate this interesting finding on a different sample. Auditory event-related P300 was recorded in unmedicated patients with mild to moderate AD and age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. The subcomponents of the P300, P3a and P3b, were determined by dipole source analysis (Brain Electric Source Analysis program). As in the first study, AD patients were again characterized by a diminished P3b amplitude and longer P3a latency and reaction time. Using these three parameters, sensitivity was 81.3% to detect patients with AD from healthy controls with a specificity of 83.3%. This successful replication of the first study suggests that recording and determining P300 subcomponents together with other putative neurobiological markers may be useful to enhance the individual diagnostic accuracy in AD at an early stage.

Additional indexing

Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Clinical and Social Psychiatry Zurich West (former)
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Physiology
Life Sciences > Neurology
Health Sciences > Neurology (clinical)
Health Sciences > Physiology (medical)
Language:English
Date:2008
Deposited On:22 Jan 2009 13:11
Last Modified:02 Jun 2025 01:36
Publisher:Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins
ISSN:0736-0258
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181727c95
PubMed ID:18469731

Metadata Export

Statistics

Citations

Dimensions.ai Metrics
47 citations in Web of Science®
54 citations in Scopus®
Google Scholar™

Altmetrics

Downloads

1 download since deposited on 22 Jan 2009
0 downloads since 12 months
Detailed statistics

Authors, Affiliations, Collaborations

Similar Publications