Remote memory in Alzheimer's disease.
The authors examined the severity and type of deficits in remote memory in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the first study, 40 AD patients showed significantly more severe deficits on both the free-recall and the recognition sections of the Remote Memory Scale (which measures memory for famous people and well-known events) compared with normal control subjects. In the second study, 25 AD patients showed significantly more deficits on the free-recall section of the Autobiographical Memory Scale compared with normal control subjects. Remote memory deficits in AD may be related to both retrieval deficits and damage to memory traces.
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Raúl Carrea Institute of Neurological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sabe
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García Cuerva
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Kuzis
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Tiberti
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Boller
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Starkstein
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011897:Random Allocation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index