MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES RELATIVE TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE WITH DEMENTIA
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2013, Vol 11, Issue 3
Abstract
The cognitive profiles of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease with dementia (PD-D) are quite similar, though different from Alzheimer’s disease. However, studies comparing the memory performance of patients with DLB, PD-D and AD are rare.Patients with DLB, AD and PD-D – matched for general cognitive status – were compared on a range of memory measures. Semantic memory, verbal fluency and verbal learning were assessed.Delayed verbal recall was better preserved in DLB and PD-D than AD. Semantic memory was better preserved in PD-D than AD. Neither letter nor category fluency differentiated between the groups.Our study shows the usefulness of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) as an easily administered verbal learning measure for further research assessing episodic memory in DLB in comparison to PD-D and AD.
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Dariusz Wieczorek, Bogna Brockhuis, Emilia Sitek, Piotr Lass, Weronika Wańska, Jarosław Sławek
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