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Di Pippo M, Cipollini V, Giubilei F, Scuderi G, Abdolrahimzadeh S. Retinal and Choriocapillaris Vascular Changes in Early Alzheimer Disease Patients Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. J Neuroophthalmol 2024; 44:184-189. [PMID: 37351953 DOI: 10.1097/wno.0000000000001907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alzheimer disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by ß-amyloid accumulation in the brain. A simple and reliable biomarker for AD that is not invasive is urgently needed, particularly in the preclinical and early stages of the disease. The retina shares with the brain, the same embryologic origins and it is affected by similar vascular changes. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the retinal and choriocapillaris vascular structure through optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCTA) evaluation in patients with early AD. METHODS Eighteen patients with early AD (study group) and 18 healthy age-matched subjects (control group) were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent full neurologic and ophthalmologic examination, and OCTA scans. RESULTS We found a significant reduction in flow area of choriocapillaris in the study group compared with the control group ( P -value: 0.006), suggesting an impairment of choriocapillaris circulation in patients with early AD. CONCLUSIONS OCTA provides accumulative evidence on the microvasculature changes of the retina and choriocapillaris in patients with AD. Further studies and improved OCTA software are necessary to better evaluate the role of vascular changes shown with OCTA as potential biomarkers in early disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mariachiara Di Pippo
- Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Sense Organs (NESMOS) Department (MDP, VC, FG, GS, SA), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy; Neurology Unit (FG), and Ophthalmology Unit (GS, SA), St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Jakhar D, Tucci F, Del Percio C, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Salvatore M, Ferri R, Catania V, Massa F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Güntekin B, Yener G, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Marizzoni M, Giubilei F, Yıldırım E, Hanoğlu L, Hünerli D, Frisoni GB, Noce G. Resting state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms are sensitive to Alzheimer's disease mild cognitive impairment progression at a 6-month follow-up. Neurobiol Aging 2024; 137:19-37. [PMID: 38402780 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Are posterior resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) alpha rhythms sensitive to the Alzheimer's disease mild cognitive impairment (ADMCI) progression at a 6-month follow-up? Clinical, cerebrospinal, neuroimaging, and rsEEG datasets in 52 ADMCI and 60 Healthy old seniors (equivalent groups for demographic features) were available from an international archive (www.pdwaves.eu). The ADMCI patients were arbitrarily divided into two groups: REACTIVE and UNREACTIVE, based on the reduction (reactivity) in the posterior rsEEG alpha eLORETA source activities from the eyes-closed to eyes-open condition at ≥ -10% and -10%, respectively. 75% of the ADMCI patients were REACTIVE. Compared to the UNREACTIVE group, the REACTIVE group showed (1) less abnormal posterior rsEEG source activity during the eyes-closed condition and (2) a decrease in that activity at the 6-month follow-up. These effects could not be explained by neuroimaging and neuropsychological biomarkers of AD. Such a biomarker might reflect abnormalities in cortical arousal in quiet wakefulness to be used for clinical studies in ADMCI patients using 6-month follow-ups.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Hospital San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Synlab SDN, Naples, Italy; Department of Medical, Movement and Wellbeing Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy; Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy; Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy; Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational School, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences Institute, Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Babiloni C, Noce G, Tucci F, Jakhar D, Ferri R, Panerai S, Catania V, Soricelli A, Salvatore M, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Onofrj M, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Radicati F, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Parnetti L, Marizzoni M, D'Antonio F, Bruno G, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Yıldırım E, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Hünerli D, Taylor JP, Schumacher J, McKeith I, Frisoni GB, Antonini A, Ferreri F, Bonanni L, De Pandis MF, Del Percio C. Poor reactivity of posterior electroencephalographic alpha rhythms during the eyes open condition in patients with dementia due to Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2024; 135:1-14. [PMID: 38142464 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
Abstract
Here, we hypothesized that the reactivity of posterior resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) alpha rhythms during the transition from eyes-closed to -open condition might be lower in patients with Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) than in patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD). A Eurasian database provided clinical-demographic-rsEEG datasets in 73 PDD patients, 35 ADD patients, and 25 matched cognitively unimpaired (Healthy) persons. The eLORETA freeware was used to estimate cortical rsEEG sources. Results showed substantial (greater than -10%) reduction (reactivity) in the posterior alpha source activities from the eyes-closed to the eyes-open condition in 88% of the Healthy seniors, 57% of the ADD patients, and only 35% of the PDD patients. In these alpha-reactive participants, there was lower reactivity in the parietal alpha source activities in the PDD group than in the healthy control seniors and the ADD patients. These results suggest that PDD patients show poor reactivity of mechanisms desynchronizing posterior rsEEG alpha rhythms in response to visual inputs. That neurophysiological biomarker may provide an endpoint for (non) pharmacological interventions for improving vigilance regulation in those patients.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Hospital San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino, FR, Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Synlab SDN, Naples, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy; Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy; Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy; Neurofisiopatologia, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, CESI, and Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy; Telematic University San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; Departments of Neurology and of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland; Departments of Neurology and of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology 2, Med Campus III, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Kepler University Hospital, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz., Austria
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- Centre for Memory Disturbances, Lab of Clinical Neurochemistry, Section of Neurology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey; Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Neuroscience Research Center, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational School, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Health Sciences Institute, Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Unit and Study Center for Neurodegenerative diseases (CESNE), Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Unit and Study Center for Neurodegenerative diseases (CESNE), Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Lopez S, Noce G, Ferri R, Panerai S, Catania V, Soricelli A, Salvatore M, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Massa F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Marizzoni M, D'Antonio F, Bruno G, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Yıldırım E, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Yerlikaya D, Taylor JP, Schumacher J, McKeith I, Bonanni L, Pantano P, Piervincenzi C, Petsas N, Frisoni GB, Del Percio C, Carducci F. Relationship between default mode network and resting-state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms in cognitively unimpaired seniors and patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:10514-10527. [PMID: 37615301 PMCID: PMC10588004 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Here we tested the hypothesis of a relationship between the cortical default mode network (DMN) structural integrity and the resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms in patients with Alzheimer's disease with dementia (ADD). Clinical and instrumental datasets in 45 ADD patients and 40 normal elderly (Nold) persons originated from the PDWAVES Consortium (www.pdwaves.eu). Individual rsEEG delta, theta, alpha, and fixed beta and gamma bands were considered. Freeware platforms served to derive (1) the (gray matter) volume of the DMN, dorsal attention (DAN), and sensorimotor (SMN) cortical networks and (2) the rsEEG cortical eLORETA source activities. We found a significant positive association between the DMN gray matter volume, the rsEEG alpha source activity estimated in the posterior DMN nodes (parietal and posterior cingulate cortex), and the global cognitive status in the Nold and ADD participants. Compared with the Nold, the ADD group showed lower DMN gray matter, lower rsEEG alpha source activity in those nodes, and lower global cognitive status. This effect was not observed in the DAN and SMN. These results suggest that the DMN structural integrity and the rsEEG alpha source activities in the DMN posterior hubs may be related and predict the global cognitive status in ADD and Nold persons.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer,” Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Hospital San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer,” Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Synlab SDN, Naples, Italy
- Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Program of Electroneurophysiology, Vocational School, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir School of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Health Sciences Institute, Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock, Germany
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Scuola di Specializzazione in Statistica Medica e Biometria, Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
- Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer,” Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer,” Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Lizio R, Lopez S, Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Noce G, Losurdo A, Vernò L, De Tommaso M, Montemurno A, Dalfino G, Cirillo P, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Catania V, Nobili F, Giubilei F, Buttinelli C, Frisoni GB, Stocchi F, Scisci AM, Mastrofilippo N, Procaccini DA, Gesualdo L. Resting state EEG rhythms in different stages of chronic kidney disease with mild cognitive impairment. Neurobiol Aging 2023; 130:70-79. [PMID: 37473580 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
Here, we tested that standard eyes-closed resting-state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms may characterize patients with mild cognitive impairment due to chronic kidney disease at stages 3-4 (CKDMCI-3&4) in relation to CKDMCI patients under hemodialysis (CKDMCI-H) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVMCI). Clinical and rsEEG data in 22 CKDMCI-3&4, 15 CKDMCI-H, 18 CVMCI, and 30 matched healthy control (HC) participants were available in a national archive. Spectral rsEEG power density was calculated from delta to gamma frequency bands at scalp electrodes. Results showed that (1) all MCI groups over the HC group showed decreased occipital rsEEG alpha power density; (2) compared to the HC and CVMCI groups, the 2 CKDMCI groups had higher rsEEG delta-theta power density; and (3) the CKDMCI-3&4 group showed the lowest parietal rsEEG alpha power density. The present rsEEG measures may be useful to monitor the impact of circulating uremic toxins on brain regulation of cortical arousal for quiet vigilance in CKDMCI patients.
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- Roberta Lizio
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Hospital San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Neurophysiopathology Unit, DiBrain Department, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Neurophysiopathology Unit, DiBrain Department, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis" - IRCCS, via Turi n. 27 - 70013 Castellana Grotte (BA)
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- IRCCS Synlab SDN, Naples, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy; Telematic University, San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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Lopez S, Del Percio C, Lizio R, Noce G, Padovani A, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Moretti DV, Cagnin A, Koch G, Benussi A, Onofrj M, Borroni B, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Güntekin B, Yener G, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Bonanni L, Babiloni C. Patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia show partially preserved parietal 'hubs' modeled from resting-state alpha electroencephalographic rhythms. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 15:780014. [PMID: 36776437 PMCID: PMC9908964 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.780014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Graph theory models a network by its nodes (the fundamental unit by which graphs are formed) and connections. 'Degree' hubs reflect node centrality (the connection rate), while 'connector' hubs are those linked to several clusters of nodes (mainly long-range connections). Methods Here, we compared hubs modeled from measures of interdependencies of between-electrode resting-state eyes-closed electroencephalography (rsEEG) rhythms in normal elderly (Nold) and Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD) participants. At least 5 min of rsEEG was recorded and analyzed. As ADD is considered a 'network disease' and is typically associated with abnormal rsEEG delta (<4 Hz) and alpha rhythms (8-12 Hz) over associative posterior areas, we tested the hypothesis of abnormal posterior hubs from measures of interdependencies of rsEEG rhythms from delta to gamma bands (2-40 Hz) using eLORETA bivariate and multivariate-directional techniques in ADD participants versus Nold participants. Three different definitions of 'connector' hub were used. Results Convergent results showed that in both the Nold and ADD groups there were significant parietal 'degree' and 'connector' hubs derived from alpha rhythms. These hubs had a prominent outward 'directionality' in the two groups, but that 'directionality' was lower in ADD participants than in Nold participants. Discussion In conclusion, independent methodologies and hub definitions suggest that ADD patients may be characterized by low outward 'directionality' of partially preserved parietal 'degree' and 'connector' hubs derived from rsEEG alpha rhythms.
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- Susanna Lopez
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy,*Correspondence: Susanna Lopez, ✉
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Unit/Department of Behavioral and Clinical Neurology, Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, Rome, Italy,Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Tor Vergata Policlinic, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- IRCCS Synlab SDN, Naples, Italy,Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye,Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Izmir, Türkiye,Faculty of Medicine, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Türkiye
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Rome, Italy,Telematic University San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy,San Raffaele of Cassino, Cassino, Italy
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Del Percio C, Lopez S, Noce G, Lizio R, Tucci F, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Yener G, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Frisoni GB, Babiloni C. What a Single Electroencephalographic (EEG) Channel Can Tell us About Alzheimer's Disease Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment. Clin EEG Neurosci 2023; 54:21-35. [PMID: 36413420 DOI: 10.1177/15500594221125033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Abnormalities in cortical sources of resting-state eyes closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms recorded by hospital settings (10-20 montage) with 19 scalp electrodes characterized Alzheimer's disease (AD) from preclinical to dementia stages. An intriguing rsEEG application is the monitoring and evaluation of AD progression in large populations with few electrodes in low-cost devices. Here we evaluated whether the above-mentioned abnormalities can be observed from fewer scalp electrodes in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to AD (ADMCI). Clinical and rsEEG data acquired in hospital settings (10-20 montage) from 75 ADMCI participants and 70 age-, education-, and sex-matched normal elderly controls (Nold) were available in an Italian-Turkish archive (PDWAVES Consortium; www.pdwaves.eu). Standard spectral fast fourier transform (FFT) analysis of rsEEG data for individual delta, theta, and alpha frequency bands was computed from 6 monopolar scalp electrodes to derive bipolar C3-P3, C4-P4, P3-O1, and P4-O2 markers. The ADMCI group showed increased delta and decreased alpha power density at the C3-P3, C4-P4, P3-O1, and P4-O2 bipolar channels compared to the Nold group. Increased theta power density for ADMCI patients was observed only at the C3-P3 bipolar channel. Best classification accuracy between the ADMCI and Nold individuals reached 81% (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) using Alpha2/Theta power density computed at the C3-P3 bipolar channel. Standard rsEEG power density computed from six posterior bipolar channels characterized ADMCI status. These results may pave the way toward diffuse clinical applications in health monitoring of dementia using low-cost EEG systems with a strict number of electrodes in lower- and middle-income countries.
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- Claudio Del Percio
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", 9311Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", 9311Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", 9311Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Synlab SDN, Naples, Italy.,Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, 9246IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), 27212Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, 9246IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), 27212Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, 9246IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, 9311Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, 9311Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, 218502Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,REMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Lab., 218502Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.,Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and 27212University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", 9311Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,Hospital San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy
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Gatta FD, Fabrizi E, Giubilei F, Grau MD, Moret-Tatay C. Caregivers' Profiles Based on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure for the Adoption of Assistive Technologies. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:7500. [PMID: 36236598 PMCID: PMC9573476 DOI: 10.3390/s22197500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The COPM (Canadian Occupational Performance Measure) is a tool that is based on the identification of self-perceived performance and satisfaction problems in the performance of occupations, allowing the creation of a hierarchy in the order of the interventions to be carried out, and speeding up the identification of the necessary AT (Assistive Technologies). Given the importance of the caregiver's perception about their own performance in the design of AT, this research examines the caregiver's profile through the COPM. A sample of 40 caregivers volunteered to participate in the study. A cluster analysis was carried out on the COPM scores. Two caregiver profiles were found in relation to the COPM measure, one with low scores on performance and satisfaction and another with high scores on both of these two variables. The main predictor was found to be the self-perception of performance. The structure was replicated through a hierarchical cluster analysis, where the role of caregivers was of interest. These results are relevant on both a theoretical and practical level.
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- Francesco Della Gatta
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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Noce G, Babiloni C, Ferri R, Lizio R, Lopez S, Lorenzo I, Tucci F, Soricelli A, Nobili FM, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Giubilei F, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Yener G, Stocchi F, Frisoni G, Percio CD. Relationship between cortical neural synchronization at alpha resting‐state electroencephalographic rhythms and education attainment in normal elderly subjects and patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.053800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno‐infantili (DiNOGMI) Università di Genova Genova Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino‐IST Genoa Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno‐infantili (DiNOGMI) Università di Genova Genova Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia Italy
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- University Hospitals and University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
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Lopez S, Babiloni C, Ferri R, Noce G, Lizio R, Soricelli A, Nobili FM, Giubilei F, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Yener G, Frisoni GB, Del Percio C. Cortical arousal is differently related with resting‐state electroencephalographic delta rhythms in healthy seniors and in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.054913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Susanna Lopez
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
- San Raffaele Cassino Cassino Italy
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- IRCCS SDN Naples Italy
- University of Naples Parthenope Naples Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging and Epidemiology (LANE), IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia Italy
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- IRCCS Fatebenefratelli Brescia Italy
- University Hospitals of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
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Babiloni C, Noce G, Lorenzo I, Ferri R, Lizio R, Soricelli A, Nobili FM, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Marizzoni M, D'Antonio F, de Lena C, Yener G, Emek‐Savas DD, Stocchi F, Frisoni GB, De Pandis MF, Del Percio C, Lopez S. Reduction in posterior cortical alpha rhythms during eye opening is more abnormal in patients with dementia due to Lewy bodies than Alzheimer’s disease: An EEG study. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.055973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
- San Raffaele Cassino Cassino Italy
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- IRCCS SDN Naples Italy
- University of Naples Parthenope Naples Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging and Epidemiology (LANE) IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia Italy
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- Human Neuroscience Department Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging and Epidemiology (LANE) Brescia Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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Lorenzo I, Babiloni C, Noce G, Ferri R, Lizio R, Lopez S, Tucci F, Soricelli A, Nobili FM, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Giubilei F, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Yener G, Stocchi F, Frisoni G, Del Percio C. Resting‐state alpha electroencephalographic rhythms are differently related to gender in cognitively unimpaired seniors and in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.053863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno‐infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova Genova Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino‐IST Genoa Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno‐infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova Genova Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia Italy
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- University Hospitals and University of Geneva Geneve Switzerland
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Babiloni C, Noce G, Ferri R, Lizio R, Lopez S, Lorenzo I, Tucci F, Soricelli A, Zurrón M, Díaz F, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Cipollini V, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Yıldırım E, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Gündüz DH, Onorati P, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Maestú F, Frisoni GB, Del Percio C. Resting State Alpha Electroencephalographic Rhythms Are Affected by Sex in Cognitively Unimpaired Seniors and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective and Exploratory Study. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:2197-2215. [PMID: 34613369 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
In the present retrospective and exploratory study, we tested the hypothesis that sex may affect cortical sources of resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms recorded in normal elderly (Nold) seniors and patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (ADMCI). Datasets in 69 ADMCI and 57 Nold individuals were taken from an international archive. The rsEEG rhythms were investigated at individual delta, theta, and alpha frequency bands and fixed beta (14-30 Hz) and gamma (30-40 Hz) bands. Each group was stratified into matched females and males. The sex factor affected the magnitude of rsEEG source activities in the Nold seniors. Compared with the males, the females were characterized by greater alpha source activities in all cortical regions. Similarly, the parietal, temporal, and occipital alpha source activities were greater in the ADMCI-females than the males. Notably, the present sex effects did not depend on core genetic (APOE4), neuropathological (Aβ42/phospho-tau ratio in the cerebrospinal fluid), structural neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular (MRI) variables characterizing sporadic AD-related processes in ADMCI seniors. These results suggest the sex factor may significantly affect neurophysiological brain neural oscillatory synchronization mechanisms underpinning the generation of dominant rsEEG alpha rhythms to regulate cortical arousal during quiet vigilance.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- San Raffaele of Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy
- Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
- REMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Lab., Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Medipol University, Vocational School, Program of Electroneurophysiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir School of Economics, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Health Sciences Institute, Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
- Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Ferri R, Noce G, Lizio R, Lopez S, Lorenzo I, Tucci F, Soricelli A, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Cipollini V, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Aktürk T, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Özbek Y, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Frisoni GB, Del Percio C. Resting State Alpha Electroencephalographic Rhythms Are Differently Related to Aging in Cognitively Unimpaired Seniors and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 82:1085-1114. [PMID: 34151788 DOI: 10.3233/jad-201271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In relaxed adults, staying in quiet wakefulness at eyes closed is related to the so-called resting state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms, showing the highest amplitude in posterior areas at alpha frequencies (8-13 Hz). OBJECTIVE Here we tested the hypothesis that age may affect rsEEG alpha (8-12 Hz) rhythms recorded in normal elderly (Nold) seniors and patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (ADMCI). METHODS Clinical and rsEEG datasets in 63 ADMCI and 60 Nold individuals (matched for demography, education, and gender) were taken from an international archive. The rsEEG rhythms were investigated at individual delta, theta, and alpha frequency bands, as well as fixed beta (14-30 Hz) and gamma (30-40 Hz) bands. Each group was stratified into three subgroups based on age ranges (i.e., tertiles). RESULTS As compared to the younger Nold subgroups, the older one showed greater reductions in the rsEEG alpha rhythms with major topographical effects in posterior regions. On the contrary, in relation to the younger ADMCI subgroups, the older one displayed a lesser reduction in those rhythms. Notably, the ADMCI subgroups pointed to similar cerebrospinal fluid AD diagnostic biomarkers, gray and white matter brain lesions revealed by neuroimaging, and clinical and neuropsychological scores. CONCLUSION The present results suggest that age may represent a deranging factor for dominant rsEEG alpha rhythms in Nold seniors, while rsEEG alpha rhythms in ADMCI patients may be more affected by the disease variants related to earlier versus later onset of the AD.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,San Raffaele of Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy.,Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,REMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- REMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus, Izmir, Turkey.,Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.,Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Bianchini E, Della Gatta F, Virgilio M, Alborghetti M, Salvetti M, Giubilei F, Pontieri FE. Validation of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure in Italian Parkinson’s Disease Clients. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/02703181.2021.1942392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Edoardo Bianchini
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
- Escuela de Doctorado Universidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome (RM), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
- INM Neuromed, IRCCS, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome (RM), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso, Sapienza Università di Roma (RM), Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome (RM), Italy
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- Franco Giubilei
- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy -
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Della Gatta F, Lacorte E, Fabrizi E, Remoli G, Cipollini V, Troili F, Vanacore N, Giubilei F. Exploring the association of early life physical activity and risk of dementia: a systematic review. Minerva Med 2021; 112:448-455. [PMID: 33969962 DOI: 10.23736/s0026-4806.21.07542-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Physical activity has been included in the list of twelve modifiable risk factors for dementia, despite conflicting results from observational and controlled studies. In particular it is not clear whether physical inactivity near the time of dementia diagnosis is a consequence or cause of dementia. We review all available studies reporting the possible association between having engaged in PA before 60 years of age and the risk of dementia. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We performed a systematic review based on the methodology reported in the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews and following the PRISMA statement. Bibliographic searches were carried out on the databases PubMed, ISI Web of Science and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Further references were retrieved from published systematic reviews on the same topic. Included studies were assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa scale. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS The bibliographic search yielded 1381 records. A total of 11 studies were included. Three of the included studies were case control studies, while the remaining 8 were cohort studies The overall quality of included studies was high. However, clinical criteria for the diagnosis of dementia, criteria to define and measure and PA and time-reference of exposure were heterogeneous, with some studies considering specific age range of exposure, and other reports dealing with more generic "adult age." CONCLUSIONS This review suggests that there is insufficient evidence to conclude whether PA in early life may affect the incidence of dementia in later life. Studies in this field are very complicated and recognizing the impact of PA in early life given all the confounding factors is very difficult. Further studies are warranted. In these studies, it will be crucial to define the type, quantity and intensity of PA as well as to stratify analysis by sex, cultures and social classes.
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- Francesco Della Gatta
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy - .,School of Doctorate, Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain -
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Ferri R, Noce G, Lizio R, Lopez S, Lorenzo I, Panzavolta A, Soricelli A, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Cipollini V, Marizzoni M, Güntekin B, Aktürk T, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Özbek Y, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Frisoni GB, Del Percio C. Abnormalities of Cortical Sources of Resting State Alpha Electroencephalographic Rhythms are Related to Education Attainment in Cognitively Unimpaired Seniors and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:2220-2237. [PMID: 33251540 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In normal old (Nold) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) persons, a high cognitive reserve (CR) makes them more resistant and resilient to brain neuropathology and neurodegeneration. Here, we tested whether these effects may affect neurophysiological oscillatory mechanisms generating dominant resting state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) alpha rhythms in Nold and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to AD (ADMCI). Data in 60 Nold and 70 ADMCI participants, stratified in higher (Edu+) and lower (Edu-) educational attainment subgroups, were available in an Italian-Turkish archive. The subgroups were matched for age, gender, and education. RsEEG cortical sources were estimated by eLORETA freeware. As compared to the Nold-Edu- subgroup, the Nold-Edu+ subgroup showed greater alpha source activations topographically widespread. On the contrary, in relation to the ADMCI-Edu- subgroup, the ADMCI-Edu+ subgroup displayed lower alpha source activations topographically widespread. Furthermore, the 2 ADMCI subgroups had matched cerebrospinal AD diagnostic biomarkers, brain gray-white matter measures, and neuropsychological scores. The current findings suggest that a high CR may be related to changes in rsEEG alpha rhythms in Nold and ADMCI persons. These changes may underlie neuroprotective effects in Nold seniors and subtend functional compensatory mechanisms unrelated to brain structure alterations in ADMCI patients.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,San Raffaele of Cassino, Cassino, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy.,Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.,Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.,REMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Lab., Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- REMER, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation Lab., Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus, Izmir, Turkey.,Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.,Memory Clinic and LANVIE-Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Lopez S, Pascarelli MT, Lizio R, Noce G, Ferri R, Soricelli A, Nobili FM, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Salvetti M, Cipollini V, Bonanni L, Franciotti R, Onofrj M, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Aarsland D, Parnetti L, Farotti L, Marizzoni M, D'Antonio F, de Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Emek‐Savas DD, Triggiani AI, Taylor J, McKeith I, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Hampel H, Frisoni GB, De Pandis MF, Del Percio C. Different abnormalities of electroencephalographic (EEG) markers in quiet wakefulness are related to visual hallucinations in patients with Parkinson’s and Lewy body diseases. Alzheimers Dement 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.045886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation Aldo Moro University of Bari Bari Italy
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- Supervisor and Early Stage Researcher’s project leader in the Blood Biomarker‐based Diagnostic Tools for Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease (BBDiag) Project (HORIZON 2020 Marie Skłodowska‐Curie MSCA‐ITN‐ETN 721281; 2017‐2020 Rome Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI) University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino‐IST Genoa Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno‐infantili (DiNOGMI) Università di Genova Genova Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti‐Pescara Chieti Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging University G d'Annunzio of Chieti‐Pescara Chieti Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Centre for Age‐Related Medicine Stavanger University Hospital Stavanger Norway
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- Lab of Clinical Neurochemistry University of Perugia Perugia Italy
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- Neurology Clinic University of Perugia – S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital Perugia Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli Brescia Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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- Department of Neurology University of Istanbul‐Medipol Istanbul Turkey
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom
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- Newcastle University Institute of Neuroscience Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (ICM) INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Boulevard de l'Hôpital Paris France
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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Pascarelli MT, Del Percio C, De Pandis MF, Ferri R, Lizio R, Noce G, Lopez S, Rizzo M, Soricelli A, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Salvetti M, Cipollini V, Franciotti R, Onofri M, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Aarsland D, Parnetti L, Farotti L, Marizzoni M, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Paul Taylor J, McKeith I, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Hampel H, Frisoni GB, Bonanni L, Babiloni C. Abnormalities of resting-state EEG in patients with prodromal and overt dementia with Lewy bodies: Relation to clinical symptoms. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2716-2731. [PMID: 33039748 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Here we tested if cortical sources of resting state electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms may differ in sub-groups of patients with prodromal and overt dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) as a function of relevant clinical symptoms. METHODS We extracted clinical, demographic and rsEEG datasets in matched DLB patients (N = 60) and control Alzheimer's disease (AD, N = 60) and healthy elderly (Nold, N = 60) seniors from our international database. The eLORETA freeware was used to estimate cortical rsEEG sources. RESULTS As compared to the Nold group, the DLB and AD groups generally exhibited greater spatially distributed delta source activities (DLB > AD) and lower alpha source activities posteriorly (AD > DLB). As compared to the DLB "controls", the DLB patients with (1) rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorders showed lower central alpha source activities (p < 0.005); (2) greater cognitive deficits exhibited higher parietal and central theta source activities as well as higher central, parietal, and occipital alpha source activities (p < 0.01); (3) visual hallucinations pointed to greater parietal delta source activities (p < 0.005). CONCLUSIONS Relevant clinical features were associated with abnormalities in spatial and frequency features of rsEEG source activities in DLB patients. SIGNIFICANCE Those features may be used as neurophysiological surrogate endpoints of clinical symptoms in DLB patients in future cross-validation prospective studies.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Clinica neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Neuromed: IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology 2, Med Campus III, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Kepler University Hospital, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, King's College University, London, UK
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- Centre for Memory Disturbances, Lab of Clinical Neurochemistry, Section of Neurology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Centre for Memory Disturbances, Lab of Clinical Neurochemistry, Section of Neurology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology and Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IM2A), Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), François Lhermitte Building, France
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; San Raffaele of Cassino, Cassino, FR, Italy.
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Ferri R, Babiloni C, Karami V, Triggiani AI, Carducci F, Noce G, Lizio R, Pascarelli MT, Soricelli A, Amenta F, Bozzao A, Romano A, Giubilei F, Del Percio C, Stocchi F, Frisoni GB, Nobili F, Patanè L, Arena P. Stacked autoencoders as new models for an accurate Alzheimer's disease classification support using resting-state EEG and MRI measurements. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 132:232-245. [PMID: 33433332 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE This retrospective and exploratory study tested the accuracy of artificial neural networks (ANNs) at detecting Alzheimer's disease patients with dementia (ADD) based on input variables extracted from resting-state electroencephalogram (rsEEG), structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) or both. METHODS For the classification exercise, the ANNs had two architectures that included stacked (autoencoding) hidden layers recreating input data in the output. The classification was based on LORETA source estimates from rsEEG activity recorded with 10-20 montage system (19 electrodes) and standard sMRI variables in 89 ADD and 45 healthy control participants taken from a national database. RESULTS The ANN with stacked autoencoders and a deep leaning model representing both ADD and control participants showed classification accuracies in discriminating them of 80%, 85%, and 89% using rsEEG, sMRI, and rsEEG + sMRI features, respectively. The two ANNs with stacked autoencoders and a deep leaning model specialized for either ADD or control participants showed classification accuracies of 77%, 83%, and 86% using the same input features. CONCLUSIONS The two architectures of ANNs using stacked (autoencoding) hidden layers consistently reached moderate to high accuracy in the discrimination between ADD and healthy control participants as a function of the rsEEG and sMRI features employed. SIGNIFICANCE The present results encourage future multi-centric, prospective and longitudinal cross-validation studies using high resolution EEG techniques and harmonized clinical procedures towards clinical applications of the present ANNs.
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- Raffaele Ferri
- Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Hospital San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino (FR), Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Products, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Products, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- LENITEM (Laboratory of Epidemiology, Neuroimaging and Telemedicine), IRCCS Centro "S. Giovanni di Dio-F.B.F.", Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica e Informatica, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Troili F, Cipollini V, Moci M, Morena E, Palotai M, Rinaldi V, Romano C, Ristori G, Giubilei F, Salvetti M, Orzi F, Guttmann CRG, Cavallari M. Corrigendum: Perivascular Unit: This Must Be the Place. The Anatomical Crossroad Between the Immune, Vascular and Nervous System. Front Neuroanat 2020; 14:51. [PMID: 33041773 PMCID: PMC7522475 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2020.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2020.00017.].
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- Fernanda Troili
- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Center for Neurological Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Center for Neurological Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Neurological Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Babiloni C, Pascarelli MT, Lizio R, Noce G, Lopez S, Rizzo M, Ferri R, Soricelli A, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Salvetti M, Cipollini V, Bonanni L, Franciotti R, Onofrj M, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Aarsland D, Parnetti L, Farotti L, Marizzoni M, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Taylor JP, McKeith I, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Hampel H, Frisoni GB, De Pandis MF, Del Percio C. Abnormal cortical neural synchronization mechanisms in quiet wakefulness are related to motor deficits, cognitive symptoms, and visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease patients: an electroencephalographic study. Neurobiol Aging 2020; 91:88-111. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Troili F, Cipollini V, Moci M, Morena E, Palotai M, Rinaldi V, Romano C, Ristori G, Giubilei F, Salvetti M, Orzi F, Guttmann CRG, Cavallari M. Perivascular Unit: This Must Be the Place. The Anatomical Crossroad Between the Immune, Vascular and Nervous System. Front Neuroanat 2020; 14:17. [PMID: 32372921 PMCID: PMC7177187 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2020.00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Most neurological disorders seemingly have heterogenous pathogenesis, with overlapping contribution of neuronal, immune and vascular mechanisms of brain injury. The perivascular space in the brain represents a crossroad where those mechanisms interact, as well as a key anatomical component of the recently discovered glymphatic pathway, which is considered to play a crucial role in the clearance of brain waste linked to neurodegenerative diseases. The pathological interplay between neuronal, immune and vascular factors can create an environment that promotes self-perpetration of mechanisms of brain injury across different neurological diseases, including those that are primarily thought of as neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory or cerebrovascular. Changes of the perivascular space can be monitored in humans in vivo using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In the context of glymphatic clearance, MRI-visible enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) are considered to reflect glymphatic stasis secondary to the perivascular accumulation of brain debris, although they may also represent an adaptive mechanism of the glymphatic system to clear them. EPVS are also established correlates of dementia and cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) and are considered to reflect brain inflammatory activity. In this review, we describe the “perivascular unit” as a key anatomical and functional substrate for the interaction between neuronal, immune and vascular mechanisms of brain injury, which are shared across different neurological diseases. We will describe the main anatomical, physiological and pathological features of the perivascular unit, highlight potential substrates for the interplay between different noxae and summarize MRI studies of EPVS in cerebrovascular, neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Fernanda Troili
- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Neuroscience Section, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Harvard Medical School, Center for Neurological Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Harvard Medical School, Center for Neurological Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Harvard Medical School, Center for Neurological Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Ciacciarelli A, Sette G, Giubilei F, Orzi F. Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion: An undefined, relevant entity. J Clin Neurosci 2020; 73:8-12. [PMID: 31948882 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Despite the large body of data available, chronic cerebral hypoperfusion lacks an operative definition. In a tautological way, the term hypoperfusion is being referred to conditions of "inadequate blood flow", "defects of perfusion" or "dysfunction of autoregulation". The chronicity refers to sustained conditions or wavering states characterized by repeated phases of inefficient functional hyperemia. The phenomenon may affect the whole brain or defined areas. A few defined clinical disorders, including heart failure, hypotension, atherosclerosis of large or small vessels and carotid stenosis are thought to cause progressive brain disorders due to chronic hypoperfusion. The clinical relevance manifests mostly as neurocognitive disorders associated with neuroimaging changes.The available data support a conceptual framework that considerschronic cerebral hypoperfusiona likely, relevant pathogenic mechanism for the neurodegeneration-like progression of the neurocognitive disorders. The relationship between neuropathology, cerebral perfusion, and symptoms progression is, however, elusive for several aspects. Typical microangiopathy findings, such as MRI white matter hyperintensities, may appear in individuals without any cerebrovascular risk or vascular lesions. Pathology features of the MRI changes, such as demyelination and gliosis, may result from dysfunction of the neuro-vascular unit not directly associated withvascular mechanisms. In this review, we aim to overview the most common clinical conditions thought to reflect chronic hypoperfusion.
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- Antonio Ciacciarelli
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), "SAPIENZA" University of Rome, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), "SAPIENZA" University of Rome, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), "SAPIENZA" University of Rome, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), "SAPIENZA" University of Rome, Sant'Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Cipollini V, Troili F, Giubilei F. Emerging Biomarkers in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: From Pathophysiological Pathways to Clinical Application. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20112812. [PMID: 31181792 PMCID: PMC6600494 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20112812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Vascular pathology is the second most common neuropathology of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with small vessels disease (SVD) being considered the major cause of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). This review aims to evaluate pathophysiological pathways underlying a diagnosis of VCID. Firstly, we will discuss the role of endothelial dysfunction, blood-brain barrier disruption and neuroinflammation in its pathogenesis. Then, we will analyse different biomarkers including the ones of inflammatory responses to central nervous system tissue injuries, of coagulation and thrombosis and of circulating microRNA. Evidences on peripheral biomarkers for VCID are still poor and large-scale, prospectively designed studies are needed to translate these findings into clinical practice, in order to set different combinations of biomarkers to use for differential diagnosis among types of dementia.
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- Virginia Cipollini
- S. Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Roma, Italy.
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- S. Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Roma, Italy.
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- S. Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Roma, Italy.
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Babiloni C, Percio CD, Lizio R, Noce G, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Pascarelli MT, Catania V, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Bonanni L, Franciotti R, Onofrj M, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Garn H, Fraioli L, Pievani M, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Başar E, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Taylor JP, De Pandis MF, Vacca L, Frisoni GB, Stocchi F. Corrigendum to "Functional cortical source connectivity of resting state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms shows similar abnormalities in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases" [Clin. Neurophysiol. 129 (2018) 766-782]. Clin Neurophysiol 2019; 130:1078. [PMID: 30979693 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome ''La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome ''La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome ''La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology 2, Med Campus III, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Kepler University Hospital, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Psychology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Casa di Cura Privata del Policlinico (CCPP) Milano SpA, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Lizio R, Noce G, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Pascarelli MT, Catania V, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Aarsland D, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Onofrj M, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Garn H, Fraioli L, Pievani M, Frisoni GB, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Başar E, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Franciotti R, Taylor JP, De Pandis MF, Bonanni L. Abnormalities of Resting State Cortical EEG Rhythms in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Diseases. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 62:247-268. [PMID: 29439335 DOI: 10.3233/jad-170703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
The present study tested the hypothesis that cortical sources of resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms reveal different abnormalities in cortical neural synchronization in groups of patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (ADMCI) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLBMCI) as compared to cognitively normal elderly (Nold) subjects. Clinical and rsEEG data in 30 ADMCI, 23 DLBMCI, and 30 Nold subjects were available in an international archive. Age, gender, and education were carefully matched in the three groups. The Mini-Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) score was matched between the ADMCI and DLBMCI groups. Individual alpha frequency peak (IAF) was used to determine the delta, theta, alpha1, alpha2, and alpha3 frequency band ranges. Fixed beta1, beta2, and gamma bands were also considered. eLORETA estimated the rsEEG cortical sources. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROCC) classified these sources across individuals. Compared to Nold, IAF showed marked slowing in DLBMCI and moderate in ADMCI. Furthermore, the posterior alpha 2 and alpha 3 source activities were more abnormal in the ADMCI than the DLBMCI group, while widespread delta source activities were more abnormal in the DLBMCI than the ADMCI group. The posterior delta and alpha sources correlated with the MMSE score and correctly classified the Nold and MCI individuals (area under the ROCC >0.85). In conclusion, the ADMCI and DLBMCI patients showed different features of cortical neural synchronization at delta and alpha frequencies underpinning brain arousal and vigilance in the quiet wakefulness. Future prospective cross-validation studies will have to test the clinical validity of these rsEEG markers.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.,Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.,Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy.,Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), Clinical Neurology, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), Clinical Neurology, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), Clinical Neurology, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, King's College University, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology 2, Med Campus III, Kepler University Hospital, Medical Faculty of the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.,Memory Clinic and LANVIE-Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- IBG, Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- IBG, Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology and Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Lizio R, Noce G, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Pascarelli MT, Catania V, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Bonanni L, Franciotti R, Onofrj M, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Fraioli L, Parnetti L, Farotti L, Pievani M, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Taylor JP, McKeith I, Stocchi F, Vacca L, Frisoni GB, De Pandis MF. Levodopa may affect cortical excitability in Parkinson's disease patients with cognitive deficits as revealed by reduced activity of cortical sources of resting state electroencephalographic rhythms. Neurobiol Aging 2019; 73:9-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lizio R, Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Losurdo A, Vernò L, De Tommaso M, Montemurno A, Dalfino G, Cirillo P, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Noce G, Pascarelli MT, Catania V, Nobili F, Famá F, Orzi F, Giubilei F, Buttinelli C, Triggiani AI, Frisoni GB, Scisci AM, Mastrofilippo N, Procaccini DA, Gesualdo L. Different Abnormalities of Cortical Neural Synchronization Mechanisms in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer’s and Chronic Kidney Diseases: An EEG Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2018; 65:897-915. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-180245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Roberta Lizio
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and the Sensory System (SMBNOS), Neurophysiopathology of Pain Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and the Sensory System (SMBNOS), Neurophysiopathology of Pain Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy
- Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy - Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy - Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Oftalmologia, Genetica, Riabilitazione e Scienze Materno-infantili (DiNOGMI), Università di Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer’s Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
- Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation - Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Lizio R, Noce G, Cordone S, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Pascarelli MT, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Aarsland D, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Onofrj M, Stocchi F, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Caravias G, Garn H, Sorpresi F, Pievani M, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Başar E, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Franciotti R, Frisoni GB, Bonanni L, De Pandis MF. Abnormalities of Cortical Neural Synchronization Mechanisms in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases: An EEG Study. J Alzheimers Dis 2018. [PMID: 28621693 DOI: 10.3233/jad-160883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The aim of this retrospective and exploratory study was that the cortical sources of resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms might reveal different abnormalities in cortical neural synchronization in groups of patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (ADMCI) and Parkinson's disease (PDMCI) as compared to healthy subjects. Clinical and rsEEG data of 75 ADMCI, 75 PDMCI, and 75 cognitively normal elderly (Nold) subjects were available in an international archive. Age, gender, and education were carefully matched in the three groups. The Mini-Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) was matched between the ADMCI and PDMCI groups. Individual alpha frequency peak (IAF) was used to determine the delta, theta, alpha1, alpha2, and alpha3 frequency band ranges. Fixed beta1, beta2, and gamma bands were also considered. eLORETA estimated the rsEEG cortical sources. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) classified these sources across individuals. Results showed that compared to the Nold group, the posterior alpha2 and alpha3 source activities were more abnormal in the ADMCI than the PDMCI group, while the parietal delta source activities were more abnormal in the PDMCI than the ADMCI group. The parietal delta and alpha sources correlated with MMSE score and correctly classified the Nold and diseased individuals (area under the ROC = 0.77-0.79). In conclusion, the PDMCI and ADMCI patients showed different features of cortical neural synchronization at delta and alpha frequencies underpinning brain arousal and vigilance in the quiet wakefulness. Future prospective cross-validation studies will have to test these rsEEG markers for clinical applications and drug discovery.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.,Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.,Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy.,Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, dept of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, King's College University, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences and Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology and Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology and Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.,Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Lizio R, Noce G, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Famà F, Aarsland D, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Onofrj M, Stocchi F, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Garn H, Fraioli L, Pievani M, Frisoni GB, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Başar E, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Franciotti R, Taylor JP, Vacca L, De Pandis MF, Bonanni L. Abnormalities of resting-state functional cortical connectivity in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study. Neurobiol Aging 2017; 65:18-40. [PMID: 29407464 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Previous evidence showed abnormal posterior sources of resting-state delta (<4 Hz) and alpha (8-12 Hz) rhythms in patients with Alzheimer's disease with dementia (ADD), Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD), and Lewy body dementia (DLB), as cortical neural synchronization markers in quiet wakefulness. Here, we tested the hypothesis of additional abnormalities in functional cortical connectivity computed in those sources, in ADD, considered as a "disconnection cortical syndrome", in comparison with PDD and DLB. Resting-state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms had been collected in 42 ADD, 42 PDD, 34 DLB, and 40 normal healthy older (Nold) participants. Exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (eLORETA) freeware estimated the functional lagged linear connectivity (LLC) from rsEEG cortical sources in delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma bands. The area under receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve indexed the classification accuracy between Nold and diseased individuals (only values >0.7 were considered). Interhemispheric and intrahemispheric LLCs in widespread delta sources were abnormally higher in the ADD group and, unexpectedly, normal in DLB and PDD groups. Intrahemispheric LLC was reduced in widespread alpha sources dramatically in ADD, markedly in DLB, and moderately in PDD group. Furthermore, the interhemispheric LLC in widespread alpha sources showed lower values in ADD and DLB than PDD groups. At the individual level, AUROC curves of LLC in alpha sources exhibited better classification accuracies for the discrimination of ADD versus Nold individuals (0.84) than for DLB versus Nold participants (0.78) and PDD versus Nold participants (0.75). Functional cortical connectivity markers in delta and alpha sources suggest a more compromised neurophysiological reserve in ADD than DLB, at both group and individual levels.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Enna, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, King's College University, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- IBG, Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- IBG, Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology and Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy; Casa di Cura Privata del Policlinico (CCPP) Milano SpA, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Giubilei F. Beyond Cholinesterase Inhibition: Anti-Inflammatory Role and Pharmacological Profile of Current Drug Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 2017; 15:683-9. [PMID: 27189472 DOI: 10.2174/1871527315666160518122917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Inflammation is a common response of an individual against either exogenous or endogenous damage. The role of inflammation and of inflammatory cells recently emerged also in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. Experimental evidences show how neurotransmitters, besides their role in the synapses, play a modulatory role during immune response. Drugs used for treatment of dementia symptoms are able to increase neurotransmitters levels, and likely to have a modulatory role during immune response. Aim of this review is to discuss the most recent advances on inflammation role during neurodegeneration and also to individuate the potential anti-inflammatory role played by drugs currently used for Alzheimer's disease treatment.
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- Franco Giubilei
- NESMOS Department - Università Sapienza di Roma, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia; Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Via Grottarossa, 1035-00189 Roma - Italy.
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Del Percio C, Lizio R, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Nobili F, Aarsland D, Orzi F, Giubilei F, Ferri R, Bonanni L, Stocchi F, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Garn H, De Pandis F, Frisoni GB, Lena C, Güntekin B, Başar E, Yener G, Babiloni C. [P2–235]: ABNORMALITIES OF RESTING STATE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC RHYTHM IN PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA DUE TO ALZHEIMER's, PARKINSON's AND LEWY BODY DISEASES. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Department of Physiology and PharmacologyUniversity of RomeRomeItaly
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- Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e PescaraChietiItaly
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- Universitätsspital BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbHWienAustria
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- Memory Clinic and LANVIE ‐ Laboratory of Neuroimaging of AgingUniversity Hospitals and University of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology ‐ LANEIRCCS Institute ‐ The Saint John of God Clinical Research CentreBresciaItaly
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- Dokuz Eylül University, IzmirIzmirTurkey
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- Department of Physiology and PharmacologyUniversity of RomeRomeItaly
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Cipollini V, Sette G, Bossù P, Salani F, De Carolis A, Sepe‐Monti M, Giubilei F. [P4–137]: NEUROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION IN ALZHEIMER's DISEASE: ASSESSMENT OF CEREBRAL VASOREACTIVITY BY ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES AND EVALUATION OF ENDOTHELIAL BIOMARKERS. Alzheimers Dement 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Babiloni C, Del Percio C, Lizio R, Noce G, Cordone S, Lopez S, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Pascarelli MT, Nobili F, Arnaldi D, Aarsland D, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Onofrj M, Stocchi F, Stirpe P, Fuhr P, Gschwandtner U, Ransmayr G, Caravias G, Garn H, Sorpresi F, Pievani M, Frisoni GB, D'Antonio F, De Lena C, Güntekin B, Hanoğlu L, Başar E, Yener G, Emek-Savaş DD, Triggiani AI, Franciotti R, De Pandis MF, Bonanni L. Abnormalities of cortical neural synchronization mechanisms in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study. Neurobiol Aging 2017; 55:143-158. [PMID: 28454845 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The aim of this retrospective exploratory study was that resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms might reflect brain arousal in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), and dementia with Lewy body (DLB). Clinical and rsEEG data of 42 ADD, 42 PDD, 34 DLB, and 40 healthy elderly (Nold) subjects were available in an international archive. Demography, education, and Mini-Mental State Evaluation score were not different between the patient groups. Individual alpha frequency peak (IAF) determined the delta, theta, alpha 1, alpha 2, and alpha 3 frequency bands. Fixed beta 1, beta 2, and gamma bands were also considered. rsEEG cortical sources were estimated by means of the exact low-resolution brain electromagnetic source tomography and were then classified across individuals, on the basis of the receiver operating characteristic curves. Compared to Nold, IAF showed marked slowing in PDD and DLB and moderate slowing in ADD. Furthermore, all patient groups showed lower posterior alpha 2 source activities. This effect was dramatic in ADD, marked in DLB, and moderate in PDD. These groups also showed higher occipital delta source activities, but this effect was dramatic in PDD, marked in DLB, and moderate in ADD. The posterior delta and alpha sources allowed good classification accuracy (approximately 0.85-0.90) between the Nold subjects and patients, and between ADD and PDD patients. In quiet wakefulness, delta and alpha sources unveiled different spatial and frequency features of the cortical neural synchronization underpinning brain arousal in ADD, PDD, and DLB patients. Future prospective cross-validation studies should test these rsEEG markers for clinical applications and drug discovery.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), Clinical Neurology, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience (DiNOGMI), Clinical Neurology, University of Genoa and IRCCS AOU S Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, King's College University, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research and Medical Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Universitätsspital Basel, Abteilung Neurophysiologie, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Neurosciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences and CESI, University G d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Triggiani AI, Bevilacqua V, Brunetti A, Lizio R, Tattoli G, Cassano F, Soricelli A, Ferri R, Nobili F, Gesualdo L, Barulli MR, Tortelli R, Cardinali V, Giannini A, Spagnolo P, Armenise S, Stocchi F, Buenza G, Scianatico G, Logroscino G, Lacidogna G, Orzi F, Buttinelli C, Giubilei F, Del Percio C, Frisoni GB, Babiloni C. Classification of Healthy Subjects and Alzheimer's Disease Patients with Dementia from Cortical Sources of Resting State EEG Rhythms: A Study Using Artificial Neural Networks. Front Neurosci 2017; 10:604. [PMID: 28184183 PMCID: PMC5266711 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previous evidence showed a 75.5% best accuracy in the classification of 120 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with dementia and 100 matched normal elderly (Nold) subjects based on cortical source current density and linear lagged connectivity estimated by eLORETA freeware from resting state eyes-closed electroencephalographic (rsEEG) rhythms (Babiloni et al., 2016a). Specifically, that accuracy was reached using the ratio between occipital delta and alpha1 current density for a linear univariate classifier (receiver operating characteristic curves). Here we tested an innovative approach based on an artificial neural network (ANN) classifier from the same database of rsEEG markers. Frequency bands of interest were delta (2–4 Hz), theta (4–8 Hz Hz), alpha1 (8–10.5 Hz), and alpha2 (10.5–13 Hz). ANN classification showed an accuracy of 77% using the most 4 discriminative rsEEG markers of source current density (parietal theta/alpha 1, temporal theta/alpha 1, occipital theta/alpha 1, and occipital delta/alpha 1). It also showed an accuracy of 72% using the most 4 discriminative rsEEG markers of source lagged linear connectivity (inter-hemispherical occipital delta/alpha 2, intra-hemispherical right parietal-limbic alpha 1, intra-hemispherical left occipital-temporal theta/alpha 1, intra-hemispherical right occipital-temporal theta/alpha 1). With these 8 markers combined, an accuracy of at least 76% was reached. Interestingly, this accuracy based on 8 (linear) rsEEG markers as inputs to ANN was similar to that obtained with a single rsEEG marker (Babiloni et al., 2016a), thus unveiling their information redundancy for classification purposes. In future AD studies, inputs to ANNs should include other classes of independent linear (i.e., directed transfer function) and non-linear (i.e., entropy) rsEEG markers to improve the classification.
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- Antonio I Triggiani
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza"Rome, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele PisanaRome, Italy
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- Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e NucleareNapoli, Italy; Department of Motor Sciences and Healthiness, University of Naples ParthenopeNaples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging Enna, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, University of Genoa and IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organi, University of Bari Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. PanicoLecce, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro"Bari, Italy
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- Department of Imaging-Division of Radiology, Hospital "Di Venere" Bari, Italy
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- Division of Neuroradiology, "F. Ferrari" Hospital Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico Lecce, Italy
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- Unit of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico Lecce, Italy
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- Unit of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. PanicoLecce, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro"Bari, Italy
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- Center for Neuropsychological Research, Institute of Neurology of the Policlinico Gemelli/Catholic University of Rome Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrated Imaging, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare Napoli, Italy
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Neuroimaging and Telemedicine, IRCCS Centro "S. Giovanni di Dio-F.B.F."Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE-Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, University Hospitals and University of GenevaGeneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "Vittorio Erspamer", University of Rome "La Sapienza"Rome, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele PisanaRome, Italy
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Sepe-Monti M, Vanacore N, Bartorelli L, Tognetti A, Giubilei F. The Savvy Caregiver Program: A Probe Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial in Caregivers of Patients Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 54:1235-1246. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-160235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Micaela Sepe-Monti
- Saint Andrew Hospital, NESMOS Department, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Saint Andrew Hospital, NESMOS Department, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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De Carolis A, Cipollini V, Donato N, Sepe-Monti M, Orzi F, Giubilei F. Cognitive profiles in degenerative dementia without evidence of small vessel pathology and small vessel vascular dementia. Neurol Sci 2016; 38:101-107. [PMID: 27655157 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-016-2716-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Although a large number of studies have examined possible differences in cognitive performance between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), the data in the literature are conflicting. The aims of this study were to analyze the neuropsychological pattern of subjects affected by degenerative dementia without evidence of small vessel pathology (DD) and small vessel VaD subjects in the early stages and to investigate differences in the progression of cognitive impairment. Seventy-five patients with probable VaD and 75 patients with probable DD were included. All the subjects underwent a standard neuropsychological evaluation, including the following test: Visual Search, Attentional matrices, Story Recall, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices, Phonological and Semantic Verbal Fluency, Token, and Copying Drawings. The severity of cognitive impairment was stratified according to the MMSE score. Fifteen subjects with probable DD and 10 subjects with probable VaD underwent a 12-month cognitive re-evaluation. No significant difference was found between DD and VaD subjects in any of the neuropsychological tests except Story Recall in the mild cognitive impairment (P < 0.001). The re-test value was significantly worse than the baseline value in the MMSE (P = 0.037), Corsi (P = 0.041), Story Recall (P = 0.032), Phonological Verbal Fluency (P = 0.02), and Copying Drawings (P = 0.043) in DD patients and in the Visual Search test (P = 0.036) in VaD subjects. These results suggest that a neuropsychological evaluation might help to differentiate degenerative dementia without evidence of small vessel pathology from small vessel VaD in the early stages of these diseases.
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- Antonella De Carolis
- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy.
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189, Rome, Italy
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De Carolis A, Cipollini V, Corigliano V, Comparelli A, Sepe-Monti M, Orzi F, Ferracuti S, Giubilei F. Anosognosia in people with cognitive impairment: association with cognitive deficits and behavioral disturbances. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra 2015; 5:42-50. [PMID: 25852731 PMCID: PMC4361910 DOI: 10.1159/000367987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIMS To investigate, in a group of subjects at an early stage of cognitive impairment, the relationship between anosognosia and both cognitive and behavioral symptoms by exploring the various domains of insight. METHODS One hundred and eight subjects affected by cognitive impairment were consecutively enrolled. The level of awareness was evaluated by means of the Clinical Insight Rating Scale (CIRS). Psychiatric symptoms were evaluated using the Italian version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), whereas memory (memory index, MI) and executive (executive index, EI) functions were explored using a battery of neuropsychological tests and qualified by means of a single composite cognitive index score for each function. RESULTS A significant positive correlation between the total NPI score and global anosognosia score was found. Furthermore, both the MI and EI scores were lower in subjects with anosognosia than in those without anosognosia (p < 0.001 and p < 0.007, respectively). When the single domains of the CIRS were considered, anosognosia of reason of visit correlated with the EI score (r = -0.327, p = 0.01) and night-time behavioral disturbances (r = 0.225; p = 0.021); anosognosia of cognitive deficit correlated with depression (r = -0.193; p = 0.049) and the MI score (r = -0.201; p = 0.040); anosognosia of functional deficit correlated with the MI score (r = -0.257; p = 0.008), delusions (r = 0.232; p = 0.015) and aberrant motor behavior (r = 0.289; p = 0.003); anosognosia of disease progression correlated with the MI score (r = -0.236; p = 0.015), agitation (r = 0.247; p = 0.011), aberrant motor behavior (r = 0.351; p = 0.001) and night-time behavioral disturbances (r = 0.216; p = 0.027). CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that, in the early stage of cognitive impairment, anosognosia is associated with both cognitive deficits and behavioral disorders according to the specific functional anatomy of the symptoms.
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- Antonella De Carolis
- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Candela S, Giubilei F, Orzi F. Heterogeneous pathologies associated with dementia in Parkinsonism share a prion-like spreading mechanism. Arch Ital Biol 2013; 151:169-178. [PMID: 24873925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cognitive alterations accompany or follow motor disorders in subjects with Parkinsonism. The canonical phenotypeof the Parkinson's disease Dementia (PD-D) or Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) includes deficit of attention, executiveand visuospatial functions, and presents often with apathy, hallucinations, delusions, excessive daytime sleepiness,or sleep disorders. However, the clinical expression may overlap with other neurodegenerative diseases associatedwith cognitive disorders. Thus, while clinicians rely on phenomenological patterns to infer the disease causing thecognitive impairment, the inference is weakened by the heterogeneous clinical expression of the disease. In addition,recent post-mortem studies seem to undermine the supposed pathology-phenotype coherence, making it moreand more unreliable the diagnosis based on symptoms. The lack of coherence between phenotype and pathologymay support the speculation about a common mechanism underlying the progression of the disease. While it is verylikely that a distinct, specific causal event determines the disease itself, the progression might well follow commonpatterns. A number of observations suggest that progressive diseases, which cause cognitive impairment, share aprion-like mechanism. A seeding process is supposed to account for the spreading of the lesion.
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale ed Organi di Senso (NESMOS), Università di Roma "La Sapienza".
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DeCarolis A, Corigliano V, Comparelli A, Sepe-Monti M, Cipollini V, Orzi F, Ferracuti S, Giubilei F. Neuropsychological patterns underlying anosognosia in people with cognitive impairment. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2013; 34:216-23. [PMID: 23128165 DOI: 10.1159/000343488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIMS To investigate, in a group of subjects with cognitive impairment, the relationship between anosognosia, in each dimension of insight, and neuropsychological domains. METHODS Two hundred and seventy-one subjects affected by cognitive impairment were consecutively enrolled. Anosognosia was evaluated by means of the Clinical Insight Rating Scale (CIRS). The general level of cognitive impairment was evaluated by means of the Mini-Mental State Examination, while 8 cognitive domains were examined by means of neuropsychological tests. RESULTS The number of subjects with anosognosia evaluated by means of the CIRS total score as well as those with anosognosia divided according to the reason for visit was higher in moderately cognitively impaired subjects than in mildly cognitively impaired subjects (p < 0.001). A relationship between anosognosia and neuropsychological scores was only found in mild cognitive impairment, with subjects with anosognosia displaying significantly lower Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices Test and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test-delayed recall scores than subjects without anosognosia. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that the relationship between the severity of cognitive deficits and anosognosia in subjects with cognitive impairment is partial and depends on the specific domain of unawareness. Furthermore, in the early phase of cognitive impairment, the presence of specific cognitive deficits suggests that the nature of anosognosia is domain-specific.
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- A DeCarolis
- NESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Giubilei F, Cipollini V, Sette G, De Carolis A, Capone FT, Bianchi V, Monti MS. P2–233: Assessment of cerebral vasoreactivity using ultrasound techniques in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Franco Giubilei
- Faculty of Medicine and Psychology Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
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Serra L, Cercignani M, Basile B, Spanò B, Perri R, Fadda L, Marra C, Giubilei F, Caltagirone C, Bozzali M. White matter damage along the uncinate fasciculus contributes to cognitive decline in AD and DLB. Curr Alzheimer Res 2012; 9:326-33. [PMID: 22272613 DOI: 10.2174/156720512800107555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study investigates the patho-physiological implications of the uncinate fasciculus (UF) in the two most common forms of dementia, namely Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Forty-five consecutive patients diagnosed with either probable AD or DLB, and 16 individuals with amnesic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI) were investigated using diffusion tensor MRI. Thirteen healthy subjects (HS) were also studied as controls. In each subject, the UF was bilaterally reconstructed by probabilistic tractography. From each UF, macroscopic volume and correspondent fractional anisotropy (FA) (an index of microscopic white matter integrity) were derived for the whole tract, and for the frontal and temporal portion of the UF. No significant between-group volumetric differences were found. In contrast, FA values from the UF were reduced bilaterally in patients with dementia (either AD or DLB) compared to HS. In addition, patients with AD showed reduced FA values compared to those with a-MCI. No significant FA difference was found between AD and DLB patients, nor between a-MCI and HS. Finally, in all patients, UF FA values were associated with neuropsychological scores at tests exploring memory and executive functions. This study indicates that the UF is remarkably damaged in patients at the stage of dementia, independently from the diagnostic form. Moreover, this UF damage seems to be driven by temporal involvement in AD, for which a prodromal stage (a-MCI) is defined.
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- L Serra
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy
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Babiloni C, Carducci F, Lizio R, Vecchio F, Baglieri A, Bernardini S, Cavedo E, Bozzao A, Buttinelli C, Esposito F, Giubilei F, Guizzaro A, Marino S, Montella P, Quattrocchi CC, Redolfi A, Soricelli A, Tedeschi G, Ferri R, Rossi-Fedele G, Ursini F, Scrascia F, Vernieri F, Pedersen TJ, Hardemark HG, Rossini PM, Frisoni GB. Resting state cortical electroencephalographic rhythms are related to gray matter volume in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Hum Brain Mapp 2012; 34:1427-46. [PMID: 22331654 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Revised: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cortical gray matter volume and resting state cortical electroencephalographic rhythms are typically abnormal in subjects with amnesic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we tested the hypothesis that in amnesic MCI and AD subjects, abnormalities of EEG rhythms are a functional reflection of cortical atrophy across the disease. Eyes-closed resting state EEG data were recorded in 57 healthy elderly (Nold), 102 amnesic MCI, and 108 AD patients. Cortical gray matter volume was indexed by magnetic resonance imaging recorded in the MCI and AD subjects according to Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative project (http://www.adni-info.org/). EEG rhythms of interest were delta (2-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha1 (8-10.5 Hz), alpha2 (10.5-13 Hz), beta1 (13-20 Hz), beta2 (20-30 Hz), and gamma (30-40 Hz). These rhythms were indexed by LORETA. Compared with the Nold, the MCI showed a decrease in amplitude of alpha 1 sources. With respect to the Nold and MCI, the AD showed an amplitude increase of delta sources, along with a strong amplitude reduction of alpha 1 sources. In the MCI and AD subjects as a whole group, the lower the cortical gray matter volume, the higher the delta sources, the lower the alpha 1 sources. The better the score to cognitive tests the higher the gray matter volume, the lower the pathological delta sources, and the higher the alpha sources. These results suggest that in amnesic MCI and AD subjects, abnormalities of resting state cortical EEG rhythms are not epiphenomena but are strictly related to neurodegeneration (atrophy of cortical gray matter) and cognition.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Foggia, Viale Pinto 7, Foggia, Italy.
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Babiloni C, Lizio R, Carducci F, Vecchio F, Redolfi A, Marino S, Tedeschi G, Montella P, Guizzaro A, Esposito F, Bozzao A, Giubilei F, Orzi F, Quattrocchi CC, Soricelli A, Salvatore E, Baglieri A, Bramanti P, Cavedo E, Ferri R, Cosentino F, Ferrara M, Mundi C, Grilli G, Pugliese S, Gerardi G, Parisi L, Vernieri F, Triggiani AI, Pedersen JT, Hårdemark HG, Rossini PM, Frisoni GB. Resting state cortical electroencephalographic rhythms and white matter vascular lesions in subjects with Alzheimer's disease: an Italian multicenter study. J Alzheimers Dis 2012; 26:331-46. [PMID: 21673406 DOI: 10.3233/jad-2011-101710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Resting state electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythms do not deteriorate with the increase of white matter vascular lesion in amnesic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subjects [1], although white matter is impaired along Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we tested whether this is true even in AD subjects. Closed-eye resting state EEG data were recorded in 40 healthy elderly (Nold), 96 amnesic MCI, and 83 AD subjects. White matter vascular lesions were indexed by magnetic resonance imaging recorded in the MCI and AD subjects (about 42% of cases following ADNI standards). The MCI subjects were divided into two sub-groups based on the median of the white matter lesion, namely MCI+ (people with highest vascular load; n = 48) and MCI- (people with lowest vascular load; n = 48). The same was true for the AD subjects (AD+, n = 42; AD-, n = 41). EEG rhythms of interest were delta (2-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha1 (8-10.5 Hz), alpha2 (10.5-13 Hz), beta1 (13-20 Hz), beta2 (20-30 Hz), and gamma (30-40 Hz). LORETA software estimated cortical EEG sources. When compared to Nold group, MCI and AD groups showed well known abnormalities of delta and alpha sources. Furthermore, amplitude of occipital, temporal, and limbic alpha 1 sources were higher in MCI+ than MCI- group. As a novelty, amplitude of occipital delta sources was lower in AD+ than AD- group. Furthermore, central, parietal, occipital, temporal, and limbic alpha sources were higher in amplitude in AD+ than AD- group. Amplitude of these sources was correlated to global cognitive status (i.e., Mini Mental State Evaluation score). These results suggest that in amnesic MCI and AD subjects, resting state posterior delta and alpha EEG rhythms do not deteriorate with the increase of white-matter vascular lesion. These rhythms might be more sensitive to AD neurodegenerative processes and cognitive status rather than to concomitant lesions to white matter.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy Department of Imaging, SAN RAFFAELE Cassino, Italy.
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Giulietti G, Bozzali M, Figura V, Spanò B, Perri R, Marra C, Lacidogna G, Giubilei F, Caltagirone C, Cercignani M. Quantitative magnetization transfer provides information complementary to grey matter atrophy in Alzheimer's disease brains. Neuroimage 2011; 59:1114-22. [PMID: 21983184 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Revised: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Preliminary studies, based on a region-of-interest approach, suggest that quantitative magnetization transfer (qMT), an extension of magnetization transfer imaging, provides complementary information to conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the characterisation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to extend these findings to the whole brain, using a voxel-wise approach. We recruited 19AD patients and 11 healthy subjects (HS). All subjects had an MRI acquisition at 3.0T including a T(1)-weighted volume, 12 MT-weighted volumes for qMT, and data for computing T(1) and B(1) maps. The T(1)-weighted volumes were processed to yield grey matter (GM) volumetric maps, while the other sequences were used to compute qMT parametric maps of the whole brain. qMT maps were warped to standard space and smoothed, and subsequently compared between groups. Of all the qMT parameters considered, only the forward exchange rate, RM(0)(B), showed significant group differences. These images were therefore retained for the multimodal statistical analysis, designed to locate brain regions of RM(0)(B) differences between AD and HS groups, adjusting for local GM atrophy. Widespread areas of reduced RM(0)(B) were found in AD patients, mainly located in the hippocampus, in the temporal lobe, in the posterior cingulate and in the parietal cortex. These results indicate that, among qMT parameters, RM(0)(B) is the most sensitive to AD pathology. This quantity is altered in the hippocampus of patients with AD (as found by previous works) but also in other brain areas, that PET studies have highlighted as involved with both, reduced glucose metabolism and amyloid β deposition. RM(0)(B) might reflect, through the measurement of the efficiency of MT exchange, some information with a specific pathological counterpart. Given previous evidence of a strict relationship between RM(0)(B) and intracellular pH, an intriguing speculation is that our findings might reflect metabolic changes related to mitochondrial dysfunction, which has been proposed as a contributor to neurodegeneration in AD.
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- Giovanni Giulietti
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy.
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Bozzali M, Giulietti G, Basile B, Serra L, Spanò B, Perri R, Giubilei F, Marra C, Caltagirone C, Cercignani M. Damage to the cingulum contributes to Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology by deafferentation mechanism. Hum Brain Mapp 2011; 33:1295-308. [PMID: 21520352 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Revised: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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This study investigates the differential contribution of gray matter (GM) atrophy and deafferentation through white matter (WM) damage in the clinical progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thirty-one patients with probable AD, 23 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI), and 14 healthy subjects underwent MRI scanning at 3T. Voxel-based morphometry was used to assess regional GM atrophy in AD and a-MCI patients. Diffusion tensor-MRI tractography was used to reconstruct the cingulum bilaterally, and to quantify, voxel-by-voxel, its fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) (measures of microscopic WM integrity). Atrophy of the cinguli was also assessed by means of jacobian determinants (JD) of local transformations. In AD patients, four clusters of reduced GM were found nearby the cinguli, in the posterior (PCC) and anterior cingulate cortex, and in the hippocampal/parahippocampal areas. Widespread areas of reduced FA and increased MD were found in the cinguli of both, AD and a-MCI patients. A region of macroscopic atrophy was detectable in AD patients only. Strong associations were found between local GM densities in the four identified clusters, and measures of micro- and (to a lesser extent) macroscopic damage of patients' cinguli. Linear regression analyses revealed that MD in the cinguli predicts patients' measures of episodic memory in combination with GM density of hippocampal/parahippocampal areas, and measures of global cognition in combination with GM density of the PCC. This study indicates that brain deafferentation though the cingulum is likely to play a remarkable role in progressive development of cognitive impairment in AD.
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- Marco Bozzali
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy.
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Serra L, Cercignani M, Petrosini L, Basile B, Perri R, Fadda L, Spanò B, Marra C, Giubilei F, Carlesimo GA, Caltagirone C, Bozzali M. Neuroanatomical correlates of cognitive reserve in Alzheimer disease. Rejuvenation Res 2011; 14:143-51. [PMID: 21204647 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2010.1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cognitive reserve (CR), for which formal education represents a proxy index, has been claimed as a factor mitigating the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer disease (AD). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of formal education in modifying the relationship between cerebral grey matter (GM) damage and clinical manifestations in a large cohort of patients with AD or amnesic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI). We recruited 22 patients with AD and 23 with a-MCI, and we classified them in subjects with high (HEL) or low educational level (LEL). All patients underwent a neuropsychological assessment and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning at 3T. T1-weighted volumes were analyzed, using voxel-based morphometry, for GM investigation. A 1-year clinical follow-up was available for part of the a-MCI patients. There were no between-groups differences in clinical features, memory, and language functions. Conversely, HEL subjects performed better in all tests assessing visuo-spatial abilities. GM volumes of LEL compared with HEL patients were reduced in the supramarginal gyrus bilaterally and in the right posterior cingulate/precuneus and frontal opercular cortex. Conversely, HEL compared with LEL patients showed reduced GM volumes in the entorhinal cortices and temporal poles, regions typically affected by AD pathology. These results remained unchanged when including in the analysis of only patients with clinically proven AD (AD and a-MCI converters). This study suggests that CR produces selective GM changes that mitigate the clinical impact of AD. Moreover, it supports the idea that CR is based on several "brain reserves" rather than on a generalized increase of brain plasticity.
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- Laura Serra
- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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De Carolis A, Giubilei F, Caselli G, Casolla B, Cavallari M, Vanacore N, Leonori R, Scrocchia I, Fersini A, Quercia A, Orzi F. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with altered neuropsychological performance in young adults. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra 2011; 1:402-8. [PMID: 22187547 PMCID: PMC3243636 DOI: 10.1159/000333079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subjects with ischemic lesions have an increased risk of dementia. In addition, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular cognitive impairment share many risk factors. These observations suggest that different diseases that cause altered blood perfusion of the brain or hypoxia promote AD neurodegeneration. In this case-control, cross-sectional study, we sought to test the hypothesis that hypoxia facilitates cognitive decline. METHODS We looked for altered neuropsychological performance in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without apparent cardio- or cerebrovascular diseases or risk factors for atherosclerosis. A selected, homogeneous group of workers from two ceramic factories in a small town of central Italy was enrolled in this study. RESULTS The COPD patients had a slightly, but significantly worse performance than controls in a number of neuropsychological tests. CONCLUSION The findings are consistent with the working hypothesis that chronic hypoxia facilitates cognitive decline.
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- Antonella De Carolis
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome
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- National Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome
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- PISLL, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Viterbo, Italy
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- PISLL, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome
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