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A F Iznak

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[Longitudinal approaches to the problem of clinical heterogeneity of Alzheimer-type dementia].

A total of 160 patients with Alzheimer-type dementias (ATD), including 84 with Alzheimer's diseases (AD) and 76 with senile dementia (SD), were examined. The initial signs of the disease were analyzed by making a retrospective assessment of informative history data. The prospective follow-up involved clinical, neuropsychological and electrophysiological (EEC mapping, evoked potentials) studies by applying the standardized assessment of results. There was shown to be a set of clinical and paraclinical parameters for the status of ATD patients, indicating a distinct-quantitative and qualitative difference between patients with AD and those with SD and supporting the heterogeneity of ATD.

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[EEG-mapping in Alzheimer-type dementias].

EEG topographic correlates of the severity and type of Alzheimer-type dementias have been studied in 21 patients with senile dementia (SD) and 18 with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who were subdivided into smaller groups by MMSE grades for the severity of dementia, as well as in 15 mentally normal elderly persons. EEC maps in SD and AD patients differed from those in normal subjects in increased theta-delta EEG spectral power and suppressed alpha-band power that was more pronounced in the left hemisphere in AD than in SD patients. AD and SD patients had also different EEG topographical changes with intensified cognitive dysfunctions. The results suggest that there is a great cholinergic deficiency and cortical rather than subcortical impairments in patients with AD than in those with SD.

Alzheimer Disease

[Functional interrelation of the brain structures of the cat during the generation of rhythmic activity. I. The frequency characteristics of the electroencephalogram].

The similarity of frequency parameters of electroencephalograms (EEG) recorded from visual, associative and sensorimotor cortical area, caudate nucleus and several thalamic nuclei have been analysed using the period analysis of EEG and cluster analysis of data obtained to clarify the functional interrelationships between these parts of the brain during generation of rhythmic activity of different types. Functional interrelationships between brain structures in freely moving cats during the states of drowsiness and slow-wave sleep have been shown to differ from "classical" thalamo-cortical pacemaker relations.

Animals

[Rhythmic activity of central portions of the cat visual analyzer during different forms of behavior].

Synchronized EEG activity of visual cortex and some other parts of the brain was recorded in cats during milk licking. The frequency range, cortico-subcortical topography and some conditions of its appearance and blockade were analyzed. It was found, that this activity consisted of two rhythms with frequencies of 6--9 and 9--15 c/s and was strongly influenced by visual conditions. By come parameters it also differed from EEG of drowsiness and light sleep. Possible mechanisms and localization of pacemakers of this activity was discussed as well as its similarity to human alpha rhythm.

Animals