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The functional impact and progression of occipital lobe pathology in sporadic late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is barely explored. It is accepted that the primary and association visual areas are affected relatively late, in the neocortical stages of AD. We analysed 60 prospectively assessed AD patients in whom global cognitive deterioration and constructional apraxia were evaluated longitudinally using the CAMDEX. Radioactive immunohistochemistry was used to assess the amount of AD-related pathology in Brodmann areas 18 and 17. Braak staging of each case was also carried out. This study showed that in AD patients constructional apraxia is associated with higher expression of hyperphosphorylated tau. Additionally our findings indicate that early constructional apraxia is a predictor of accelerated cognitive decline in AD.

Original publication

DOI

10.1159/000051270

Type

Journal article

Journal

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

Publication Date

07/2001

Volume

12

Pages

281 - 288

Keywords

Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Apraxias, Cognition Disorders, Diagnosis, Differential, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, In Vitro Techniques, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Occipital Lobe, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, tau Proteins