Cerebral dysfunction and psychotic symptoms in Alzheimer's disease
Psychotic phenomena are far from uncommon in Alzheimer's disease; delusions are present in up to three quarters of patients, hallucinations in up to a half. They appear as the disease progresses into its middle phase and are associated with cognitive decline. A better understanding of the psychopathogenetic mechanisms through which psychotic experience is mediated would have implications that would extend well beyond Alzheimer's disease; in this respect it could provide a neurological model for the so called functional psychoses. Some studies …
