Clinical application of event-related potentials in dementing illness: issues and problems

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Application ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Related Potentials ◽  
Dementing Illness

Clinical application of event related potentials in patients with brain tumours and traumatic head injuries

1986 ◽  
Vol 80 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 116-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Olbrich ◽  
H. E. Nau ◽  
D. Zerbin ◽  
L. Lanczos ◽  
E. Lodemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Application ◽  
Brain Tumours ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Related Potentials ◽  
Traumatic Head

scholarly journals The Use of Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Vecchio ◽  
Sara Määttä
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Related Potentials ◽  
Dementing Illness ◽  
Early Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Auditory Event Related Potentials

Event-related potentials (ERPs) are important clinical and research instruments in neuropsychiatry, particularly due to their strategic role for the investigation of brain function. These techniques are often underutilized in the evaluation of neurological and psychiatric disorders, but ERPs are noninvasive instruments that directly reflect cortical neuronal activity. Previous studies using the P300, P3a, and MMN components of the ERP to study dementing illness are reviewed. The results suggest that particularly the P300 brain potential is sensitive to Alzheimer's disease processes during its early stages, and that easily performed stimulus discrimination tasks are the clinically most useful. Finally, these data suggest that the P300 ERP can aid in the diagnosis of dementia and may help in the assessment of early Alzheimer's disease.

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