Increased mydriatic response to tropicamide is a sign of cholinergic hypersensitivity but not specific to late-onset sporadic type of Alzheimer's dementia.
Kálmán
J
J
Department of Psychiatry, Szent-Györgyi University Medical School, Szeged, Hungary.
Kanka
A
A
Maglóczky
E
E
Szóke
A
A
Járdánházy
T
T
Janka
Z
Z
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009184:Mydriatics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011680:Pupil / Q000187:drug effects; D014331:Tropicamide / Q000494:pharmacology*
D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D009184:Mydriatics; D014331:Tropicamide