Event-Related Evoked Potential P300 in Frontotemporal Dementia

Abstract

There are no studies on event-related cognitive potentials in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). In order to evaluate the aptitude and usefulness of the event-related P300 potential in this disease, we prospectively examined 60 cases: 11 patients with FTD diagnosed according to the Lund and Manchester criteria and Neary consensus criteria, 33 patients with a probable Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis following NINCDS-ADRDA criteria, and 16 normal controls. P300 latency, amplitude and reaction time were recorded using an auditory oddball paradigm. In this sample, P300 potential could be reliably performed by 10/11 FTD patients, notwithstanding their language or executive function deficiencies. The FTD group P300 mean latency was midway between the normal controls and the Alzheimer’s disease group (ANOVA F_{2, 74199} = 16.5; p = 0.00003). The latency range of the FTD patients were within normal values (average plus 1.96 standard deviation of the values of the control group), except for one case with a latency of 448 ms. Post hoc Newman-Keuls analysis showed that the P300 latencies of the control and FTD groups did not differ significantly (p = 0.15) and that the Alzheimer’s disease group had a delayed P300 latency that differed significantly from that of the FTD (p = 0.002) and control group (p = 0.0002). However, there was overlapping in P300 latency values of the three groups. Despite these differences in latencies, the reaction time was significantly increased in the FTD and the Alzheimer’s disease groups. These findings indicate that the P300 potential is less affected in patients with FTD than those with Alzheimer’s disease. This fact could aid in FTD diagnosis, differential diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease and possibly its clinical management.

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