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Spectral analysis of EEG in Alzheimer's disease: relation to apolipoprotein E polymorphism.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2000
Lehtovirta M, Partanen J, Könönen M, Soininen H, Helisalmi S, Mannermaa A, Ryynänen M, Hartikainen P, Riekkinen P
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon 4 allele is a risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and proposed to have a direct impact on cholinergic function in AD. Slowing of the EEG is characteristic in AD and the cholinergic system has an important role in modulating EEG. Fifty-eight AD patients at the early stage of the disease and 34 age- and sex-matched controls were studied using the quantitative EEG...
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