An outline for the analysis of dementia. The memory disorder of Huntingtons disease.
Methods have been developed for assessing the cognitive parameters contributing to a memory disorder. Our findings suggest that individuals with Huntington disease have impairments in the encoding of new information and the consistent retrieval from storage of learned material. Their difficulties lie particularly in the realm of episodic memory.
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome