Brainwave beta events may offer an early Alzheimer’s signal
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A recent study published in Imaging Neuroscience suggests that measuring the brain’s electrical activity might help identify people who are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s before clear symptoms appear. The study authors developed a computational method called the “Spectral Events Toolbox” and found patterns linked to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis about 2.5 years later in people with mild cognitive impairment. The findings are promising and mark the first time beta events have been studied in relation to Alzheimer’s using a noninvasive measurement tool.
Source
Danylyna Shpakivska-Bilan, Gianluca Susi, David W. Zhou, Jesus Cabrera, Blanca P. Carvajal, Ernesto Pereda, Maria Eugenia Lopez, Ricardo Bruña, Fernando Maestu, Stephanie R. Jones; High-power transient 12–30 Hz beta event features as early biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease conversion: An MEG study. Imaging Neuroscience 2025; 3 IMAG.a.69. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.69
Additional Reading
https://www.futurity.org/alzheimers-disease-biomarker-3292702/