Upper and Lower Face and Ideomotor Apraxia in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Jay Guido Capone; Sergio Della Sala; Hans Spinnler; Annalena Venneri

doi:10.1155/2003/518959

Behavioural Neurology (Jan 2003)

Upper and Lower Face and Ideomotor Apraxia in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Jay Guido Capone,
Sergio Della Sala,
Hans Spinnler,
Annalena Venneri

Affiliations

Jay Guido Capone: Third Neurology Ward, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Sergio Della Sala: Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Hans Spinnler: Third Neurology Ward, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Annalena Venneri: Neuropsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/518959
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1-2
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Introduction: Apraxia of face movement in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been rarely investigated. This study aimed at investigating the frequency of lower (mouth, tongue and throat) and upper (eyes and eyebrows) face apraxia, in AD and its relationship with limb apraxia and severity of dementia.

Published in Behavioural Neurology

ISSN: 0953-4180 (Print); 1875-8584 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3037

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