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Gender-Related Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Susan McPherson ,
Carla Back ,
J. Galen Buckwalter  and
Jeffrey L. Cummings
Susan McPherson
Affiliation:
Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Carla Back
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J. Galen Buckwalter
Affiliation:
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jeffrey L. Cummings
Affiliation:
Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Abstract

Recent studies have identified cognitive deficits in semantic memory and verbal language abilities among women with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Few studies to date have explored gender differences in episodic memory function in AD. The present study compared the performance of men and women diagnosed with AD on a battery of neuropsychological measures. Results indicated the presence of gender-related cognitive deficits on tasks of confrontation naming, expressive world knowledge, and both episodic and semantic memory for women with AD, relative to findings in men.

Type
Brief Report
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 117 - 122
Copyright
© 1999 International Psychogeriatric Association

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