作者: Monte S. Buchsbaum
DOI: 10.1001/ARCHPSYC.1991.01810330064010
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摘要: • Positron emission tomography with fludeoxyglucose F 18 was used to assess cortical metabolic rate during an olfactory memory task in six patients dementia of the Alzheimer type. Metabolic activity compared that both agematched controls performing and resting their eyes closed. Patients had lower rates anterior portion medial-temporal cortex than did controls, difference greatest between task. This region is known receive a large input has been implicated encoding human memory. Normal closed significantly this area when normal Our results are consistent those earlier reports temporal lobe decreases extend them through examination areas salient behavioral loss.