ISSN:
1432-2072
Keywords:
Alzheimer's disease
;
Aging
;
Scopolamine
;
Transient visual evoked potentials
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Transient visual evoked potentials elicited by the onset of a patterned stimulus were recorded in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD), in healthy elderly controls and in healthy young individual. The latencies and amplitudes of both the components studied were adversely affected by normal aging and one of the components, CI, but not the other, CII, showed further deterioration in AD. These changes occurred over a range of stimulus contrast levels. The changes found in AD, but not those seen in normal aging, could be mimicked by administration of the cholinergic antagonist scopolamine to young volunteers.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02247137
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