OBJECTIVES To verify the accuracy of prospective memory (ProM) tests in Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS Twenty mild AD patients (CDR 1), and 20 controls underwent Digit Span (DS), Trail Making (TM) A and B, visual perception, Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning tests, and Cornell Scale for Depression. AD diagnosis was based on DSM-IV and NINCDS-ADRDA criteria. ProM was assessed with the appointmen...

To investigate the relationship between regional hippocampal volume and memory in healthy elderly, 147 community-based volunteers, aged 55-83years, were evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging, the Groton Maze Learning Test, Visual Reproduction and the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. Hippocampal volumes were determined by interactive volumetry. We found greater age-related reduction in th...

A battery of neuropsychological tests (e.g., Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Trail Making Test, Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised Block Design, Object Assembly, and Digit Symbol tests) was administered to 259 adults ages 18 to 94 who reported themselves to be in good to excellent health. Moderate age-related declines were apparent in performance measures...

An issue that often confronts the clinician referred an elderly person for neuropsychological assessment is how to interpret the significance of changes in test scores over time. In this report, data useful for estimating the statistical significance of changes on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) are presented. The sample tested comprised 253 healthy persons aged 65 and over taking ...

A 19-year-old man presented with vertigo and headache. Diffusion MRI showed an increased signal on the center of the splenium. Neuropsychological assessment demonstrated impairment on immediate and delayed recall of the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test. His visual memory had improved by the time the splenial lesion disappeared on follow-up MRI (figure). Although transient splenial lesions are...

INTRODUCTION Despite recommendations that pregnant women increase their docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intake to support fetal brain development, a recent systematic review found a lack of high-quality data to support the long-term effects of DHA supplementation on children's neurodevelopment. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will assess child neurodevelopment at 7 years of age in follow-up of a multicent...