Behavioural Neurology
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 33-35
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1993-6105
Transdermal Physostigmine—Absence of Effect on Topographic Brain Mapping
1Department of Neurology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Israel
2Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel
3IDepartment of Neurology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
Received 1 March 1993; Accepted 16 March 1993
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Abstract
Nine patients with primary degenerative dementia (PDD) participated in an open trial of transdermal physostigmine (TPh). In order to evaluate the neurophysiologic effects of TPh, EEG data were recorded and compared at baseline and following 2 months of continuous treatment. There was no significant effect of TPh on EEG spectra in patients with PDD.