1st Edition

Neuropsychological Differentiation of Dementia Syndromes

By M.M.A. Derix Copyright 1994
184 Pages
by CRC Press

184 Pages
by CRC Press

An adaptation of the author's doctoral dissertation (U. of Amsterdam, 1991), this volume reviews and synthesizes the neuropathology, cognitive theory, and practical neuropsychological assessment aspects of all of the major subcortical dementias from a neuropsychological viewpoint. For neuropsycholog

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Cortical and subcortical dementia A possible and useful distinction? Chapter 3 Dementia in diseases predominantly affecting subcortical structures Chapter 4 Illustrative case histories Chapter 5 Neuropsychological assessment in dementia Guidelines Index.

Biography

Mayke M.A. Derix, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Section of Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry and Psychobiology, Limburg University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.