title: Cerebrospinal fluid somatostatin correlates with spectral EEG variables and with parietotemporal cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer patients.
abstract: Somatostatin levels of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were correlated with variables of quantitative EEG and with neuropsychological performance in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. Low somatostatin levels of CSF correlated with decreased beta activity and with decreased mean frequency in the combined alpha and theta EEG range. In the subgroup of mild Alzheimer cases CSF somatostatin correlated positively also with alpha power, and the peak and the mean frequency, and negatively with theta power but not with delta activity. Furthermore, low somatostatin of the CSF correlated with neuropsychological tests assessing temporoparietal dysfunction. To our knowledge, this is the first study to indicate the correlation between spectral analysis results of the EEG and CSF somatostatin suggesting that the relationship between somatostatin and EEG variables is worthy of further studies.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin