Neurophysiological signatures of default mode network dysfunction and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.

ABSTRACT: Neural hyperexcitability and network dysfunction are neurophysiological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in animal studies, but their presence and clinical relevance in humans remain poorly understood. We introduce a perturbation-based approach combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (TMS-EEG), alongside resting-state EEG (rsEEG), to investigate neurophysiological basis of default mode network (DMN) dysfunction in early AD. While rsEEG revealed global neural slowing and disrupted synchrony, these measures reflected widespread changes in brain neurophysiology without network-specific insights. In contrast, TMS-EEG identified network-specific local hyperexcitability in the parietal DMN and disrupted connectivity with frontal DMN regions, which uniquely pre

SUBMITTER: Ozdemir RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12662210 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature