Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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315664 | Archives of Psychiatric Nursing | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The purpose of this retrospective pilot study was to characterize depression of AD using electrophysiological changes in the brain activity of persons with AD and depressive symptoms. Participants had a mean age of 70.12 ± 12.68. Participants manifested an increase in absolute/relative theta activity (p = .000) over entire brain when compared to normative population-based database. Electrophysiological changes did not differ by age or gender except for increased absolute theta activity in the right lateral frontal areas (t-test = − 2.31 to − 2.39, p = .04) in females. An increased theta activity suggests that depressive symptoms may be part of AD symptomatology, not a co-morbid feature.
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Authors
Ezra C. Holston,