title: Relationship between discrimination tasks of the cantab and the corpus callosum morphology in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: The relationship between performances on a simple discrimination task of the Attentional Set Shifting of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Auto mated Battery (CANTAB) and morphometry of the corpus callosum is examined in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Analysis showed patients with probable Alzheimer's disease are heterogeneous for the relationship between performances in the attentional test of the CANTAB and the anterior callosal atrophies. Interest in these results for clinical diagnosis of this mental disease is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique, Environnement, Développement et Comportement, Université Paris V, Poissy, France. agnesdorion@oreka.com
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dorion
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duyme
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zanca
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index