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
1987
Olfactory Recognition: Differential Impairments in Early and Late Huntington's and Alzheimer's Diseases
Moberg P, Pearlson G, Speedie L, Lipsey J, Strauss M, Folstein S. Olfactory Recognition: Differential Impairments in Early and Late Huntington's and Alzheimer's Diseases. Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Neuropsychology 1987, 9: 650-664. PMID: 2961789, DOI: 10.1080/01688638708405208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuntington's diseaseOverall patient groupOlfactory brain regionsPatient groupAlzheimer groupSenile dementiaAlzheimer typeNormal controlsDisease processPatientsAlzheimer's diseaseBrain regionsCognitive deficitsHuntington's patientsGlobal impairmentDiseaseOlfactory discriminationOlfactory paradigmVisual performanceDifferential impairmentImpairmentDeficitsGroupOlfactory recognitionDementia