1991
Centrum semiovale white matter CT changes associated with normal ageing, Alzheimer's disease and late life depression with and without reversible dementia
Pearlson G, Rabins P, Burns A. Centrum semiovale white matter CT changes associated with normal ageing, Alzheimer's disease and late life depression with and without reversible dementia. Psychological Medicine 1991, 21: 321-328. PMID: 1876637, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700020420.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseCT attenuation numbersGray matterAttenuation numberCranial CT scanLate-life depressionElderly patientsReversible dementiaPatient groupCT changesLife depressionMajor depressionCentrum semiovaleAttenuation valuesCT scanNormal controlsElderly controlsNeuropsychological evaluationNormal agingDiseasePatientsDepressionCognitive tasksDementiaReliable means
1990
Confrontation naming deficit in dementia of depression
Speedie L, Rabins P, Pearlson G, Moberg P. Confrontation naming deficit in dementia of depression. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 1990, 2: 59-63. PMID: 2136062, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2.1.59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDementia of depressionDelayed visual memoryIrreversible dementiaMemory taskVisual memoryFree recallLanguage abilityNondepressed control subjectsDepressed patientsMemoryCognitive impairmentNormal cognitionElderly depressed patientsRecallDepressionTaskDementiaMajor depressionReversible dementiaPatient groupControl subjectsCognitionPatientsDeficitsConfrontation
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