Central cholinergic deficiency wais profiles in a nondemented aged sample
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Vol. 9 (2) , 225-227
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01688638708405362
Abstract
Fuld (1984) described a WAIS profile associated with drug-induced cholinergic deficiency in young adults and dementia of the Alzheimer''s type. The frequency of occurrence of this profile was examined in a group of healthy elderly persons who were administered the WAIS. The results of this study suggest that the profile occurs rarely in independently functioning elderly persons, thus lending support to Fuld''s findings that the profile may be relatively specific to dementia of the Alzheimer''s type. Hypotheses as to the significance of this index of pathology are discussed.Keywords
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