Differences in EEG delta frequency characteristics and patterns in slow-wave sleep between dementia patients and controls: a pilot study

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society
Enrica BonanniPeriklis Y Ktonas

Abstract

To evaluate the modifications of EEG activity during slow-wave sleep in patients with dementia compared with healthy elderly subjects, using spectral analysis and period-amplitude analysis. Five patients with dementia and 5 elderly control subjects underwent night polysomnographic recordings. For each of the first three nonrapid eye movement-rapid eye movement sleep cycles, a well-defined slow-wave sleep portion was chosen. The delta frequency band (0.4-3.6 Hz) in these portions was analyzed with both spectral analysis and period-amplitude analysis. Spectral analysis showed an increase in the delta band power in the dementia group, with a decrease across the night observed only in the control group. For the dementia group, period-amplitude analysis showed a decrease in well-defined delta waves of frequency lower than 1.6 Hz and an increase in such waves of frequency higher than 2 Hz, in incidence and amplitude. Our study showed (1) a loss of the dynamics of delta band power across the night sleep, in dementia, and (2) a different distribution of delta waves during slow-wave sleep in dementia compared with control subjects. This kind of computer-based analysis can highlight the presence of a pathologic delta activity during slow...Continue Reading

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Aug 25, 2015·Sleep Medicine·Michelangelo MaestriEnrica Bonanni
Jan 4, 2017·Scientific Reports·Luigi De GennaroPaolo Maria Rossini
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