1989
Structural brain CT changes and cognitive deficits in elderly depressives with and without reversible dementia (‘pseudodementia’)*
Pearlson G, Rabins P, Kim W, Speedie L, Moberg P, Burns A, Bascom M. Structural brain CT changes and cognitive deficits in elderly depressives with and without reversible dementia (‘pseudodementia’)*. Psychological Medicine 1989, 19: 573-584. PMID: 2798631, DOI: 10.1017/s003329170002417x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMini-Mental State ExaminationVentricular brain ratioAD patientsDepressed patientsNormal controlsDSM-III major depressionCognitive deficitsShort-term progressionStructural brain abnormalitiesCranial CT scanProbable Alzheimer's diseaseCT attenuation valuesCT valuesReversible dementiaElderly patientsMost patientsBrain ratioCT attenuation numbersCT changesElderly depressivesBrain abnormalitiesDementia syndromesMajor depressionCT scanPatients
1982
CT scan and neuropsychological correlates of Alzheimer's Disease and Huntington's Disease
Veroff A, Pearlson G, Ahn H. CT scan and neuropsychological correlates of Alzheimer's Disease and Huntington's Disease. Brain And Cognition 1982, 1: 177-184. PMID: 6242676, DOI: 10.1016/0278-2626(82)90015-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease patientsAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease patientsCT scan interpretationHuntington's disease patientsCT scan informationCT attenuation valuesClinical characteristicsPrimary neuropathologyDementia syndromesCT scanScan interpretationNormal agingDiseaseHuntington's diseaseAphasia subtypesNeuropsychological correlatesPatientsSignificant correlationDouble dissociationAttenuation valuesRecent studiesScan informationLobe densityNeuropathology