title: [Sensory functions and Alzheimer's disease: a multi-disciplinary approach].
abstract: Relations between sensory functions and Alzheimer's disease are still under-explored. To understand them better, the Fondation Médéric Alzheimer has brought together a multi-disciplinary expert group. Aristote's five senses must be enhanced by today's knowledge of proprioception, motor cognition and pain perception. When cognition breaks down, the person with dementia perceives the world around her with her sensory experience, yet is unable to integrate all this information to understand the context. The treatment of multiple sensory inputs by the brain is closely linked to cognitive processes. Sensory deficits reduce considerably the autonomy of people with dementia in their daily life and their relations with others, increase their social isolation and the risk of accidents. Professionals involved with neurodegenerative diseases remain poorly aware of sensory deficits, which can bias the results of cognitive tests. However, there are simple tools to detect these deficits, notably for vision, hearing and balance disorders, which can be corrected. Many interventions for cognitive rehabilitation or quality of life improvement are based on sensory functions. The environment of people with dementia must be adapted to become understandable, comfortable, safe and eventually therapeutic.
authors.affiliation: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Paul-Ariel
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kenigsberg
authors.affiliation: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.affiliation: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berard
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de neurosciences fonctionnelles et pathologie, UMR 8160 CNRS, CHU Lille, France.
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boucart
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouccara
authors.affiliation: Centre des sciences du goût et de l'alimentation, UMR CNRS 6265, Inra 1324, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.affiliation: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Charras
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche en neurosciences, CNRS UMR5292-Inserm U1028, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garcia-Larrea
authors.affiliation: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gzil
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche en neurosciences, UCBL1 CNRS UMR5292 Inserm U1028, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krolak-Salmon
authors.affiliation: Société française de réflexion sensori-cognitive, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Arach
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madjlessi
authors.affiliation: Hôpital gériatrique Vaugirard-Gabriel Pallez (AP-HP), Paris, France.
authors.forename: Évelyne
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Malaquin-Pavan
authors.affiliation: Centre des sciences du goût et de l'alimentation, UMR CNRS 6265, Inra 1324, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Penicaud
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de neuropsychologie cognitive et neuroanatomie fonctionnelle de la mémoire humaine, Inserm U1077, CHU Caen, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Platel
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire cognition, action et plasticité sensorimotrice, Inserm U1093, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pozzo
authors.affiliation: Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reintjens
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, Centre de jour de la mémoire, CHU de Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: Éric
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.affiliation: Groupement de recherche Alzheimer-presbyacousie (GRAP-santé), CH Simone Veil, Montmorency, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vergnon
authors.affiliation: Centre mémoire de ressources et de recherche CHU Nice, CoBTeK-IA, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058748:Pain Perception; D012677:Sensation
keywords: Alzheimer's disease; balance; cognition; detection; hearing; pain; quality of life; rehabilitation; sensory deficits; smell; taste; vision