1996
CT measurement of suprasellar cistern predicts rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Aylward E, Rasmusson D, Brandt J, Raimundo L, Folstein M, Pearlson G. CT measurement of suprasellar cistern predicts rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Journal Of The International Neuropsychological Society 1996, 2: 89-95. PMID: 9375193, DOI: 10.1017/s135561770000093x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuprasellar cisternAlzheimer's diseaseAD patientsCT measuresQuantitative computed tomography (CT) measuresMini-Mental State Exam scoreCT measurementsComputed tomography measuresProbable Alzheimer's diseaseState Exam scoreBicaudate ratioBifrontal ratioNeurocognitive declineLateral ventricleThird ventricleCT scanTomography measuresCognitive declineCognitive functionPatientsAdaptive functioningDiseaseScansNeuropsychological measuresCognitive functioning
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