@article{ref1,
title="Divided attention and metabolic brain dysfunction in mild dementia of the Alzheimer's type",
journal="Neuropsychologia",
year="1991",
author="Nestor, P. G. and Parasuraman, Raja and Haxby, J. V. and Grady, Cheryl L.",
volume="29",
number="5",
pages="379-387",
abstract="The relationship between reaction time (RT) measures under single-task and dual-task conditions and resting levels of brain metabolism, as measured by positron emission tomography (PET), was examined in patients with mild dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and age- and educationally-matched controls. Slowing of RT in dual-task but not single-task conditions correlated with reductions in brain metabolism in right premotor and right parietal association areas only for the mild DAT patients. The results suggest a relation between divided attention deficits and metabolic dysfunction of right frontal and parietal lobes in mild DAT patients.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-3932",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}