Accelerated aging of the brain in Werner's syndrome

Neurology. 1992 Apr;42(4):922-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.42.4.922.

Abstract

We report the electrophysiologic examination of a 55-year-old woman with Werner's syndrome. Needle EMG and peripheral conduction studies were normal. In contrast, EEG was moderately abnormal, the N20 and P25 potentials of SEPs were delayed and enlarged, and the event-related potential, P300, was delayed. These characteristic findings indicated accelerated aging of the brain, as in the other organs, in Werner's syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiopathology*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Electromyography
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Neural Conduction
  • Werner Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Werner Syndrome / physiopathology*