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Electrophysiological Markers of the Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

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The goal of this paper is to describe a noninvasive electrophysiological test we have developed in our laboratory which may have promise as a sensitive marker during the very early stages of probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We will also present preliminary data which indicate that the electrophysiological pattern shown by probable AD patients is different from that observed in patients with comparable dementia due to vascular causes or in depressed patients.

The experiments reported in this paper were supported in part by grant AG 03151 from the National Institute on Aging, USA, and by the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

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  1. Department of Neurological Sciences and the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush Medical College, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    L. de Toledo-Morrell, F. Morrell, T. J. Hoeppner, R. Fortney & D. Bennett

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  1. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, W-5300, Bonn 1, Germany

    Alexander Hartmann

  2. Physiologisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Kuschinsky

  3. Abt. für Pathochemie und Allg. Neurochemie, Pathologisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220-221, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

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de Toledo-Morrell, L., Morrell, F., Hoeppner, T.J., Fortney, R., Bennett, D. (1991). Electrophysiological Markers of the Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Hartmann, A., Kuschinsky, W., Hoyer, S. (eds) Cerebral Ischemia and Dementia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76208-6_24

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