Neuropsychological features of early Alzheimer’s disease and the Brief-Neuropsychological Scale (BNPS)

Neuropsychological features of early Alzheimer's disease and the Brief-Neuropsychological Scale (BNPS)

Kanade Kato, Mie Matsui, Hiromi Yuuki, Masayoshi Kurachi, Michio Suzuki

Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A desirable screening tool for detecting early Alzheimer's disease (AD) would be composed of tests of episodic memory and other broad cognitive domains including attention and executive function, and the ability of using related information to memory process actively and effectively. In the main text, the study applying the Brief-Neuropsychological Scale (BNPS) to patients with mild AD was introduced. The result of the study indicated that the BNPS was useful to screen AD patients in early stage.

Address correspondence to Dr. Michio Suzuki, Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan)