Polak Thomas, Markulin Falko, Ehlis Ann-Christine, Metzger Florian, Langer Julia B, Ringel Thomas M, Fallgatter Andreas J
Laboratory for Psychophysiology and Functional Imaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Julius-Maximilians-University, Fuechsleinstrasse 15, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2009 Apr;116(4):473-7. doi: 10.1007/s00702-009-0202-4. Epub 2009 Mar 11.
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.
一种评估迷走神经功能的新方法最近已被引入临床实践。在本研究中,我们可以表明,与我们在阿尔茨海默病(AD)中的结果相反,在血管性痴呆(VaD)患者中,迷走神经感觉诱发电位(VSEP)与健康对照相比没有显示出统计学上的显著差异。因此,我们假设VSEP的新方法可能有助于AD和VaD早期病例之间的鉴别诊断。