Visual hallucinations in Alzheimer's disease do not seem to be associated with chronic hypoperfusion of to visual processing areas V2 and V3 but may be associated with reduced cholinergic input to these areas

BACKGROUND: Up to 20% of patients with AD experience hallucinations. The pathological substrate is not known. Visual hallucinations (VH) are more common in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). In autopsy studies, up to 60% of patients with AD have concomitant Lewy body pathology. Decreased perfusion of...

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Autores principales: Sinclair, Lindsey Isla, Kumar, Amit, Darreh-Shori, Taher, Love, Seth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6740037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13195-019-0519-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6740037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13195-019-0519-7

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