Auricular vagus somatosensory evoked potentials in vascular dementia.
A new method for the assessment of vagus nerve function has recently been introduced into clinical practice. In the present study we could show that, contrary to our results in Alzheimer's disease (AD), in patients with vascular dementia (VaD) vagus sensory evoked potentials (VSEP) did not show statistically significant differences as compared to healthy controls. Thus, we hypothesize that the new method of VSEP could possibly contribute to a differential diagnosis between early cases of AD and VaD.
Polak
Thomas
T
Laboratory for Psychophysiology and Functional Imaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Julius-Maximilians-University, Fuechsleinstrasse 15, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany. Polak_T@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Markulin
Falko
F
Ehlis
Ann-Christine
AC
Metzger
Florian
F
Langer
Julia B
JB
Ringel
Thomas M
TM
Fallgatter
Andreas J
AJ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*