Degenerative Diseases

Question 1

What EEG finding is most often associated with Parkinson’s Disease?

Answer 1

No specific EEG findings

Question 2

What EEG finding is most often associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus?

Answer 2

may be normal

nonspecific slow wave activity

Question 3

What EEG findings are most often associated with Alzheimer’s?

Answer 3

initially normal- diminished voltage and alpha, increase in theta and delta.

• sleep spindles less clear
• k complexes sparse

Question 4

What EEG findins are most associated with huntingtons chorea?

Answer 4

early in disease usually normal progresses to a low voltage and no organized rhythms