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A pilot study investigating a novel non-linear measure of eyes open versus eyes closed EEG synchronization in people with Alzheimer's disease and healthy controls

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dc.creator Blackburn, Daniel J.
dc.creator Zhao, Yifan
dc.creator De Marco, Matteo
dc.creator Bell, Simon M.
dc.creator He, Fei
dc.creator Wei, Hua-Liang
dc.creator Lawrence, Sarah
dc.creator Unwin, Zoe C.
dc.creator Blyth, Michelle
dc.creator Angel, Jenna
dc.creator Baster, Kathleen
dc.creator Farrow, Thomas F. D.
dc.creator Wilkinson, Iain D.
dc.creator Billings, Stephen A.
dc.creator Venneri, Annalena
dc.creator Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios G.
dc.date 2018-07-30T16:06:50Z
dc.date 2018-07-30T16:06:50Z
dc.date 2018-07-17
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:37:23Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:37:23Z
dc.identifier Blackburn DJ, Zhao Y, De Marco M, Bell SM, He F, Wei HL, Lawrence S, Unwin ZC, Blyth M, Angel J, Baster K, Farrow TFD, Wilkinson ID, Billings SA, Venneri A, Sarrigiannis PG, A pilot study investigating a novel non-linear measure of eyes open versus eyes closed EEG synchronization in people with Alzheimer's Disease and healthy controls, Brain Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 7, 2018, Article 134
dc.identifier 2076-3425
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci8070134
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13367
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182225
dc.description Background: The incidence of Alzheimer disease (AD) is increasing with the ageing population. The development of low cost non-invasive diagnostic aids for AD is a research priority. This pilot study investigated whether an approach based on a novel dynamic quantitative parametric EEG method could detect abnormalities in people with AD. Methods: 20 patients with probable AD, 20 matched healthy controls (HC) and 4 patients with probable fronto temporal dementia (FTD) were included. All had detailed neuropsychology along with structural, resting state fMRI and EEG. EEG data were analyzed using the Error Reduction Ratio-causality (ERR-causality) test that can capture both linear and nonlinear interactions between different EEG recording areas. The 95% confidence intervals of EEG levels of bi-centroparietal synchronization were estimated for eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC) states. Results: In the EC state, AD patients and HC had very similar levels of bi-centro parietal synchronization; but in the EO resting state, patients with AD had significantly higher levels of synchronization (AD = 0.44; interquartile range (IQR) 0.41 vs. HC = 0.15; IQR 0.17, p < 0.0001). The EO/EC synchronization ratio, a measure of the dynamic changes between the two states, also showed significant differences between these two groups (AD ratio 0.78 versus HC ratio 0.37 p < 0.0001). EO synchronization was also significantly different between AD and FTD (FTD = 0.075; IQR 0.03, p < 0.0001). However, the EO/EC ratio was not informative in the FTD group due to very low levels of synchronization in both states (EO and EC). Conclusion: In this pilot work, resting state quantitative EEG shows significant differences between healthy controls and patients with AD. This approach has the potential to develop into a useful non-invasive and economical diagnostic aid in AD.
dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject Alzheimer's disease
dc.subject Electroencephalography
dc.subject Clinical marker
dc.subject ROC curve
dc.subject Nonlinear dynamics
dc.title A pilot study investigating a novel non-linear measure of eyes open versus eyes closed EEG synchronization in people with Alzheimer's disease and healthy controls
dc.type Article


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