LEFT HEMISPHERIC REDUCTIONS OF REGIONAL CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW (RCBF) CORRELATE WITH MEASURES OF DEMENTIA SEVERITY IN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE - A SPECT STUDY

Authors
THOME J FROLICH L SCHEUBECK M HISSNAUER G BECKER T FOLEY P WIESBECK GA VINCE GH MAURER K ROSLER M
Citation
J. Thome et al., LEFT HEMISPHERIC REDUCTIONS OF REGIONAL CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW (RCBF) CORRELATE WITH MEASURES OF DEMENTIA SEVERITY IN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE - A SPECT STUDY, European psychiatry, 11(6), 1996, pp. 314-318
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
European psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09249338
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
314 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-9338(1996)11:6<314:LHRORC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) values were measured by single pho ton emission computed tomography (SPECT) in different regions of the b rain in 27 patients with DAT. Significant correlations were found betw een rCBF in left parieto-temporo-occipital regions and psychometric te st scores. Patients with hemisphere asymmetry in SPECT performed worse on psychometric tests. SPECT did not permit prediction of or differen tiation between depressive and psychotic symptoms.