Alzheimer Disease

Olfactory and visual recognition in Alzheimer disease: Mutation implicated

Published in Proteomics Weekly, January 3rd, 2005

Researchers from the United States have reported on the effect of the ApoE epsilon 4 allele on recognition memory for olfactory and visual stimuli in patients with pathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease, probable Alzheimer's disease, and healthy elderly controls.

"Episodic recognition memory for odors, faces, and unfamiliar symbols was assessed in apolipoprotein epsilon4 positive and epsilon4 negative individuals with pathologically-confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD), individuals diagnosed with probable AD, and healthy age-and gender-matched controls.

"The analyses revealed significant differences in performance between the AD patients and...

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Source: Proteomics Weekly (2005-01-03)

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