What
are amnesia, aphasia, anomia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, (relatively commonly
used terms) and agnosia, apraxia, anosagnosia, anosadiaphoria (relatively
uncommonly used terms)? Wow, I have been
doing behavioral neurology for over 25 years and I know I missed a few of the
“a” words here....In numerous previous blogs I... Read more
Pictures of the brain: what are they and what do they tell
us?
CT, CTA, MRI, MRA, fMRI, PET are an alphabet soup of brain
tests that might be used in evaluation of a person suspected of possibly having
Alzheimer’s disease. I would like to
define and describe each of these tests and then briefly explain how each one
might... Read more
We
received a question some time back that asked about caretaker coping mechanisms
and resources. Some related questions
were: "Are there any trends that seem to have more positive outcomes on the
family?" "What support do families find
helpful?" "Do men or women find it
harder to deal with the problem if their spouse... Read more
In my last Alzheimer's blog we asked, "Why is it that sometimes health professionals disagree about the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in a specific patient?" For example, today in our group meeting (Where a group of us review the patients that we have seen during the week), we discussed a patient who was told by a previous... Read more
Often when a person goes to see a doctor because he or she has concerns about memory or the possibility of Alzheimer's disease, the doctor may recommend "Neuropsychological Testing." It is helpful to have some idea what this is, and what it is used for. Neuropsychological testing is commonly performed by psychologists. However,... Read more
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