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