Cortical vs Subcortical Dementia: Neuropsychological Similarities-Reply
Abstract
Abstract In Reply. —Since its inception, the hypothesis of cortical/subcortical dementia has been controversial, and obviously still generates healthy disagreement. The subcortical dementia syndrome includes depression, forget-fulness, apathy, and impairment of cognitive and visuospatial skills. Unlike patients with cortical dementia, there is no abnormality of language function, agnosia, or apraxia, and the dementia is characteristically less severe. At present, despite the suggestive...