A research group consisting of Professor Yasue Mitsukura of the Faculty of Science and Technology of Keio University and Brian Smari, a specially appointed lecturer of the Global Research Institute, has succeeded in showing the possibility of early detection of mild cognitive impairment by simple EEG measurement.It is expected to be useful for early detection of dementia.
According to Keio University, the research group divided 120 subjects into three groups: healthy, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia, and measured the electroencephalogram with an easy-to-measure electroencephalograph. Was analyzed.
As a result, it was found that the three groups, healthy, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia, had different characteristics.This feature can also be measured by simple EEG measurement, which takes about 3 seconds from attachment to the head to completion of measurement, and mild cognitive impairment and dementia can be determined simply by acquiring EEG.
It is estimated that there are about 600 million people with dementia in Japan, and it is said that 65 in 6 elderly people aged 1 and over have the disease.It is predicted that the number will increase further in the future as the aging society progresses.
However, there is no established method for early detection.At the stage when there is finally a movement to establish an early detection method using IoT devices, the results of this research are likely to attract attention as it will support the establishment of an early detection method.
Paper information:[BMC Psychiatry] Frontotemporal EEG as potential biomarker for early MCI: a case–control study
