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ProfessorPareshMalhotra

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Professor of Clinical Neurology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 5525p.malhotra

 
 
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Lab BlockCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Malhotra:2019:10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.11.002,
author = {Malhotra, P},
doi = {10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.11.002},
journal = {Current Opinion in Psychology},
pages = {41--48},
title = {Impairments of attention in Alzheimer’s disease},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.11.002},
volume = {29},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characteristically perceived as primarily being a disorder of episodic memory, with prominent attentional impairments more typically being associated with other neurodegenerative conditions, such as Dementia with Lewy Bodies. However, attention is also affected early on in Alzheimer’s, particularly in individuals with young onset and atypical syndromes. In addition, some initial symptoms that are apparently due to episodic memory loss may be secondary to failures of attentional processes.This review describes the various attentional impairments that can be observed in patients with AD, and addresses them through the conceptual framework of attention proposed by Posner and Petersen. It also explains how current knowledge of the development of AD has influenced our understanding of how these deficits arise. Finally, there is a brief summary of the effects of current AD treatments on attentional deficits, and how future pharmacological approaches might better target these deficits.
AU  - Malhotra,P
DO  - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.11.002
EP  - 48
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2352-250X
SP  - 41
TI  - Impairments of attention in Alzheimer’s disease
T2  - Current Opinion in Psychology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.11.002
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/64328
VL  - 29
ER  -
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