Right-side neglect in Alzheimer's disease

Neurology. 1998 Oct;51(4):1207-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.4.1207.

Abstract

Unilateral neglect--the inability to pay attention to events occurring on one side of space--usually occurs for left-side events after focal right-hemisphere damage. We report a 73-year-old woman with probable AD and no evidence of focal brain lesions who showed signs of right-side neglect and extinction. Neglect was more severe after 1 year. Neuroimaging techniques demonstrated an asymmetry of cortical involvement, with cortical atrophy and hypoperfusion predominant in the left posterior regions. Unilateral neglect should be assessed systematically in AD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / complications*
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Alzheimer Disease / physiopathology
  • Attention / physiology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mental Status Schedule
  • Perceptual Disorders / etiology*
  • Perceptual Disorders / physiopathology
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Space Perception / physiology*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon