Hallucinations and Delusions Signal Alzheimer’s Associated Cognitive Dysfunction More Strongly Compared to Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common among individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (DAT). We sought to characterize which NPS more purely relate to cognitive dysfunction in DAT, relative to other NPS.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 16, 2019
Source ID
10.1093/geronb/gbz032

Entities

People

  • Deborah A Lowe
  • Joshua T Fuller
  • Steve Balsis
  • Tabina K Choudhury
  • The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative*

Organizations

  • Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
  • Boston University
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • National Institute on Aging
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Educational Psychology
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Cognitive Aging in the Guam and Border Populations Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Tau-Associated Dementias.