Cortical sources of EEG rhythms in congestive heart failure and Alzheimer's disease

Fabrizio Vecchio, Fabio Maria Vecchio, Lavinia Valeriani, Paola Buffo, Maria Gabriella Scarpellini, Giovanni B. Frisoni, Oriano Mecarelli, Claudio Babiloni, Paolo Maria Rossini

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Abstract

The brain needs continuous oxygen supply even in resting-state. Hypoxia enhances resting-state electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythms in the delta range, and reduces those in the alpha range, with a pattern similar to that observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we tested whether resting-state cortical EEG rhythms in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), as a model of acute hypoxia, present frequency similarities with AD patients, comparable by cognitive status revealed by the mini mental state examination (MMSE).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-107
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Psychophysiology
Volume86
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • cortical sources

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