The english version of the website is under development. Wherever text appears in Greek, it means it has not been translated yet.

Δημοσίευση

Mnemonic strategy training of the elderly at risk for dementia enhances integration of information processing via cross-frequency coupling.

TitleMnemonic strategy training of the elderly at risk for dementia enhances integration of information processing via cross-frequency coupling.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsDimitriadis, S. I., Tarnanas I., Wiederhold M., Wiederhold B., Tsolaki M., & Fleisch E.
JournalAlzheimers Dement (N Y)
Volume2
Issue4
Pagination241-249
Date Published2016 Nov
ISSN2352-8737
Abstract

INTRODUCTION: We sought to identify whether intensive 10-week mobile health mnemonic strategy training (MST) could shift the resting-state brain network more toward cortical-level integration, which has recently been proven to reflect the reorganization of the brain networks compensating the cognitive decline.METHODS: One hundred fifty-eight patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were selected and participated in 10-week training lasting 90 min/d of memory training. They benefited from an initial and a follow-up neuropsychological evaluation and resting-state electroencephalography (EEG).RESULTS: At follow-up, MST revealed an extensive significant training effect that changed the network with an increase of synchronization between parietotemporal and frontal areas; frontal-parietal causal strengthening as part of top-down inhibitory control; enhancement of sensorimotor connections in β band; and a general increase of cortical-level integration. More precisely, MST induced gain as an increase of the global cost efficiency (GCE) of the whole cortical network and a neuropsychological performance improvement, which was correlated with it (r = 0.32,  = .0001). The present study unfolded intervention changes based on EEG source activity via novel neuroinformatic tools for revealing intrinsic coupling modes in both amplitude-phase representations and in the mixed spectrospatiotemporal domain.DISCUSSION: Further work should identify whether the GCE enhancement of the functional cortical brain networks is a compensation mechanism to the brain network dysfunction or a more permanent neuroplasticity effect.

DOI10.1016/j.trci.2016.08.004
Alternate JournalAlzheimers Dement (N Y)
PubMed ID29067311
PubMed Central IDPMC5651360

Contact

Secretariat of the School of Medicine
 

Connect

School of Medicine's presence in social networks
Follow Us or Connect with us.