Senile dementia and parietal lobe dysfunction.
Two samples of patients suffering from senile dementia were administered the Kew tests for parietal lobe function and aphasia. No evidence emerged of any clinical heterogeneity; parietal lobe test performance was found to be more a function of degree of impairment rather than of age.
D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*