Use of P300 and a dementia rating scale in the evaluation of cognitive dysfunction in MS.
The assessment of mental dysfunction in multiple sclerosis and discrimination from the secondary effects of sensory and motor deficits has comparability to similar work done on dementia in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson disease. Two approaches to testing might include adaptation of the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale and inclusion of the P300 component of the event-related auditory evoked potential.
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales