A neurophysiological study on the P300 component of event-related potentials in Hakim-Adams syndrome

R Quatrale; M Panarelli; V C Monetti; G Trapella; P Roccella; E Granieri; G Serra

doi:10.1159/000116899

A neurophysiological study on the P300 component of event-related potentials in Hakim-Adams syndrome

Eur Neurol. 1993;33(1):44-7. doi: 10.1159/000116899.

Authors

R Quatrale¹, M Panarelli, V C Monetti, G Trapella, P Roccella, E Granieri, G Serra

Affiliation

¹ Neurological Clinic, University of Ferrara, Italy.

PMID: 8440285
DOI: 10.1159/000116899

Abstract

We have explored the variability of P300 event-related potentials in patients affected by Hakim-Adams syndrome, with raised or intermittent intracranial pressure, treated with surgical cerebrospinal fluid shunting. The clinical utility of P300 is confirmed in the light of the improvement of neurophysiological data after the surgical procedure, parallel with amelioration of neuropsychological performances.

MeSH terms

Aged
Arousal / physiology*
Attention / physiology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / physiology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
Dementia / physiopathology*
Dementia / surgery
Evoked Potentials, Auditory / physiology*
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus / physiopathology*
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / physiopathology*
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Pitch Perception / physiology*
Reaction Time / physiology
Reference Values
Syndrome