EEG Frequency Correlates with α2-Receptor Density in Parkinson’s Disease
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EEG Frequency Correlates with α2-Receptor Density in Parkinson’s Disease. / Kemp, Adam F.; Kinnerup, Martin; Johnsen, Birger; Jakobsen, Steen; Nahimi, Adjmal; Gjedde, Albert.
In: Biomolecules, Vol. 14, No. 2, 209, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - EEG Frequency Correlates with α2-Receptor Density in Parkinson’s Disease
AU - Kemp, Adam F.
AU - Kinnerup, Martin
AU - Johnsen, Birger
AU - Jakobsen, Steen
AU - Nahimi, Adjmal
AU - Gjedde, Albert
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Introduction: Increased theta and delta power and decreased alpha and beta power, measured with quantitative electroencephalography (EEG), have been demonstrated to have utility for predicting the development of dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Noradrenaline modulates cortical activity and optimizes cognitive processes. We claim that the loss of noradrenaline may explain cognitive impairment and the pathological slowing of EEG waves. Here, we test the relationship between the number of noradrenergic α2 adrenoceptors and changes in the spectral EEG ratio in patients with PD. Methods: We included nineteen patients with PD and thirteen healthy control (HC) subjects in the study. We used positron emission tomography (PET) with [11C]yohimbine to quantify α2 adrenoceptor density. We used EEG power in the delta (δ, 1.5–3.9 Hz), theta (θ, 4–7.9 Hz), alpha (α, 8–12.9 Hz) and beta (β, 13–30 Hz) bands in regression analyses to test the relationships between α2 adrenoceptor density and EEG band power. Results: PD patients had higher power in the theta and delta bands compared to the HC volunteers. Patients’ theta band power was inversely correlated with α2 adrenoceptor density in the frontal cortex. In the HC subjects, age was correlated with, and occipital background rhythm frequency (BRF) was inversely correlated with, α2 adrenoceptor density in the frontal cortex, while occipital BRF was inversely correlated with α2 adrenoceptor density in the thalamus. Conclusions: The findings support the claim that the loss or dysfunction of noradrenergic neurotransmission may relate to the parallel processes of cognitive decline and EEG slowing.
AB - Introduction: Increased theta and delta power and decreased alpha and beta power, measured with quantitative electroencephalography (EEG), have been demonstrated to have utility for predicting the development of dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Noradrenaline modulates cortical activity and optimizes cognitive processes. We claim that the loss of noradrenaline may explain cognitive impairment and the pathological slowing of EEG waves. Here, we test the relationship between the number of noradrenergic α2 adrenoceptors and changes in the spectral EEG ratio in patients with PD. Methods: We included nineteen patients with PD and thirteen healthy control (HC) subjects in the study. We used positron emission tomography (PET) with [11C]yohimbine to quantify α2 adrenoceptor density. We used EEG power in the delta (δ, 1.5–3.9 Hz), theta (θ, 4–7.9 Hz), alpha (α, 8–12.9 Hz) and beta (β, 13–30 Hz) bands in regression analyses to test the relationships between α2 adrenoceptor density and EEG band power. Results: PD patients had higher power in the theta and delta bands compared to the HC volunteers. Patients’ theta band power was inversely correlated with α2 adrenoceptor density in the frontal cortex. In the HC subjects, age was correlated with, and occipital background rhythm frequency (BRF) was inversely correlated with, α2 adrenoceptor density in the frontal cortex, while occipital BRF was inversely correlated with α2 adrenoceptor density in the thalamus. Conclusions: The findings support the claim that the loss or dysfunction of noradrenergic neurotransmission may relate to the parallel processes of cognitive decline and EEG slowing.
KW - dementia
KW - EEG
KW - locus coeruleus
KW - noradrenaline
KW - Parkinson’s
KW - α adrenoceptor
U2 - 10.3390/biom14020209
DO - 10.3390/biom14020209
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38397446
AN - SCOPUS:85185970725
VL - 14
JO - Biomolecules
JF - Biomolecules
SN - 2218-273X
IS - 2
M1 - 209
ER -
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