神经心理学评估在阿尔茨海默病诊疗中的应用

阿尔茨海默病(AD)是目前最常见的老年性疾病,是以认知功能缺损为主要临床表现的一组神经退行性疾病。神经心理学评估用于AD诊断是近年来的研究热点,全面的神经心理学评估量表不仅有利于筛查AD,同时还有助于实现对AD的早期诊断和鉴别诊断,并进行早期干预。但是关于神经心理学评估量表至今还存在很多争议。该文就常用的神经心理学评估量表在AD诊疗中的应用予以综述。

Application of Neuropsychological Assessment in Alzheimer Disease

Alzheimer disease(AD) is currently the most common senile dementia,which is a kind of a group of neurodegenerative disorders with clinical manifestations of cognitive impairment.In recent years,neuropsychological assessment for AD diagnosis has become the research focus.A comprehensive neuropsychological assessment scales not only can help us to conduct AD screening,but also is helpful in early and differential diagnosis of AD,therefore early intervention could be applied if needed.However,by now there have been a lot of controversies for neuropsychological assessment scales.Here is to make a review of the application of several currently commonly used neuropsychological assessments in AD diagnosis and assessment.