Neurobiology of apathy in Alzheimer's disease Neurobiologia da apatia na doença de Alzheimer

Neurobiology of apathy in Alzheimer's disease Neurobiologia da apatia na doença de Alzheimer

Apathy is considered the most frequent neuropsychiatric disturbance in dementia and its outcome is generally deleterious. Apathy can be related to a dysfunction of the anatomical-system that supports the generation of voluntary actions, namely the prefrontal cortex and/or the prefrontal-subcortical...

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Main Authors: Henrique Cerqueira Guimarães, Richard Levy, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Rogério Gomes Beato, Paulo Caramelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2008-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
apatia
doença de Alzheimer
tomada de decisão
córtex órbito-frontal
córtex cingulado anterior
núcleos da base
dopamina
apathy
Alzheimer's disease
decision-making
orbito-frontal cortex
anterior cingulate cortex
basal ganglia
dopamine
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