EEG comparisons in early Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease with dementia patients with a 2-year follow-up

L Bonanni, A Thomas, P Tiraboschi, B Perfetti… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
EEG abnormalities have been reported for both dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although it has been suggested that variations in mean EEG …

Frequency and case identification of dementia with Lewy bodies using the revised consensus criteria

D Aarsland, A Rongve, S Piepenstock Nore… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2008 - karger.com
Objective: To find the proportion of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in a referral cohort of
patients with a first-time diagnosis of mild dementia. Background: The proportion of DLB …

Neurochemical approaches of cerebrospinal fluid diagnostics in neurodegenerative diseases

M Otto, P Lewczuk, J Wiltfang - Methods, 2008 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD)/Lewy-body disease (DLB),
and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the major causes of memory impairment and …

Early discriminatory diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies: The emerging role of CSF and imaging biomarkers

D Aarsland, M Kurz, M Beyer, K Bronnick… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2008 - karger.com
Background: The clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have a low
sensitivity, and there are no generally accepted biomarkers to distinguish DLB from other …

123I-MIBG Cardiac Scintigraphy Provides Clues to the Underlying Neurodegenerative Disorder in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

T Miyamoto, M Miyamoto, K Suzuki, M Nishibayashi… - Sleep, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective: RBD is considered to be a manifestation of an evolving synucleinopathy, such as
Parkinson disease (PD), dementia of Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy …

Cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging allows early identification of dementia with Lewy bodies during life

M Estorch, V Camacho, P Paredes, E Rivera… - European journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Purpose Differential diagnosis between dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and other
neurodegenerative diseases with cognitive impairment represents a clinical challenge. Due …

Association of visual hallucinations with reduction of MIBG cardiac uptake in Parkinson's disease

M Kitayama, K Wada-Isoe, Y Irizawa… - Journal of the neurological …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Postganglionic cardiac sympathetic denervation is evident in patients with
Parkinson's disease (PD) and iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) cardiac …

Differentiation of early-stage Alzheimer's disease from other types of dementia using brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography with easy Z-score …

M Waragai, S Mizumura, T Yamada… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2008 - karger.com
Introduction: We performed brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT) to evaluate computer-assisted automated discrimination of early Alzheimer's …

Comparison of the usefulness of brain perfusion SPECT and MIBG myocardial scintigraphy for the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies

M Tateno, S Kobayashi, T Shirasaka… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2008 - karger.com
Background: Supportive features in the diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies
(DLB) include occipital hypoperfusion and decreased cardiac uptake of 123I …

In vivo imaging of neurotransmission and brain receptors in dementia

S Pappata, E Salvatore… - Journal of Neuroimaging, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) are
the most sensitive techniques to study, in vivo, neurotransmitter systems in normal human …