Review Article

Quantitative EEG and Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Profiles of the studies, which met the inclusion criteria.

NumberAuthor(s)Type of the study/settingAnalyzed parameter(s)Affiliation of the corresponding author

Studies with EEG with 10-20 international system
1Caviness et al. 2007 [35]Comparison of 8 PD-D patients versus 16 PD-MCI patients versus 42 PD-NC patientsRelative spectral powerMayo Clinic, Scottsdale, USA
2 Bonanni et al. 2008 [36]Observation of 36 LBD patients, 19 PD-D patients without cognitive fluctuations, 16 PD-D patients with cognitive fluctuations, 17 AD patients, and 50 HC Compressed spectral arrays and relative spectral powerG. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy
3Fonseca et al. 2009 [37]Comparison of 7 PD-D patients versus 10 PD-MCI patients versus 15 PD-NC patients versus 26 HC Relative and absolute amplitudesPontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
4Kamei et al. 2010 [38]Comparison of PD patients with executive dysfunction versus 25 PD patients without executive dysfunctionAbsolute spectral power Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
5Babiloni et al. 2011 [39]Comparison of 13 PD-D patients versus 20 AD patients versus 20 HC Spectral and source analysesCasa di Cura San Raffaele Cassino, Italy
6Klassen et al. 2011 [9]Observation of 106 PD-wD patientsRelative spectral powerMayo Clinic, Scottsdale, USA
7Morita et al. 2011 [40]Comparison of 100 PD patients: 43 with MMSE 28–30 versus 35 with MMSE 24–27 versus 22 with MMSE <24Absolute spectral powerNihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
8Pugnetti et al. 2010 [41]Comparison of 21 PD-wD patients versus 7 PD-D patients versus 10 LBD patients versus 14 HCGlobal field synchronization Scientific Institute of S. Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy
9Fonseca et al. 2013 [42]Comparison of 12 PD-D patients versus 31 PD-wD patients versus 38 AD patients versus 37 HC Absolute spectral power and coherencePontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
10Gu et al. 2016 [43]Observation of 9 PD-D patients and 17 PD-MCI patientsRelative and absolute spectral powerNanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China
11Caviness et al. 2015 [44]Observation of 71 PD-wD patientsRelative spectral powerMayo Clinic, Scottsdale, USA
12Fonseca et al. 2015 [45]Comparison of 31 PD-wD patients versus 28 AD patients versus 27 HC Absolute spectral power and coherencePontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Studies with EEG with 256 channels
13Bousleiman et al. 2014 [46]Comparison of 12 PD-NC patients versus 41 PD-MCI patientsRelative spectral powerHospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
14Zimmermann et al. 2014 [47]Analysis of 48 PD-wD patientsMedian background frequencyHospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Studies with 151-channel whole-head MEG
15Bosboom et al. 2006 [48]Comparison of 13 PD-D patients versus 13 PD-wD patients versus 13 HC Relative spectral powerVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
16Stoffers et al. 2007 [49]Comparison of 70 PD-wD patients versus 21 HC Relative spectral powerVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
17Stoffers et al. 2008 [50]Comparison of 70 PD-wD patients versus 21 HC Synchronization likelihoodVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
18Bosboom et al. 2009 [27]Comparison of 13 PD-D patients versus 13 PD-wD patientsSynchronization likelihood VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
19Ponsen et al. 2013 [51]Comparison of 13 PD-D patients versus 13 PD-wD patientsRelative spectral power and phase lag index VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
20Olde Dubbelink et al. 2013 [52]Observation of 49 PD-wD patients and 14 HC Relative spectral powerVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
21Olde Dubbelink et al. 2013 [53]Observation of 43 PD-wD patients and 14 HC Phase lag indexVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
22Olde Dubbelink et al. 2014 [33]Observation of 43 PD-wD patients and 14 HC Weighted graph and minimum spanning tree VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
23Olde Dubbelink et al. 2014 [54] Observation; 63 PD-wD patientsRelative spectral powerVU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

AD: Alzheimer’s disease; DLB: dementia with Lewy bodies; HC: healthy controls; PD-D: Parkinson’s disease with dementia; PD-MCI: Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment; PD-NC: Parkinson’s disease with normal cognition; PD-wD: Parkinson’s disease without dementia.