Cognitive rehabilitation changes memory-related brain activity in people with Alzheimer disease.

  • Jorien van Paasschen
  • Linda Clare
  • Kenneth Yuen
  • Robert T Woods
  • Suzannah J Evans
  • Caroline H Parkinson
  • Michael D Rugg
  • David E J Linden

Abstract

People with Alzheimer disease (AD) are capable of new learning when cognitive support is provided, suggesting that there is plasticity even in a degenerating brain. However, it is unclear how a cognition-focused intervention operates on a neural level.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN1545-9683
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
pubmed 23369983