Dementia Japan 32:106-111, 2018

The Benton Visual Retention Test(BVRT) in Alzheimer's disease patients
the relation with other cognitive function tests and brain atrophy

Yuko Yano¹⁾, Rina Mishima¹⁾, Mizuki Morimoto²⁾, Yasuhiko Kageyama²⁾,
Motonori Takamiya²⁾, Yoshiaki Takahashi²⁾, Akihiko Shiino³⁾, Nobutoshi Morimoto²⁾

¹⁾Department of Community Health Services Coordination and Referral Management,
Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital
²⁾Department of Neurology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital
³⁾Biomedical MR Science Center, Shiga University of Medical Science

We investigated the relation of the Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.
BVRT correct score shows correlations with MMSE, HDS-R and FAB.　BVRT correct score shows a negative correlation with the brain atrophy of the left inferior parietal lobule.　Less brain atrophy of the left inferior parietal lobule was found in the group of patients with good BVRT correct score (the deviation group), exceeding the expected score from their HDS-R result.　Although BVRT shows a correlation with HDS-R, it is possible that the brain functions evaluated with BVRT are partly different from HDS-R.　Therefore, BVRT can complement HDS-R.

Address correspondence to Dr. Yuko Yano, Department of Community Health Services Coordination and Referral Management, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital (1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-8557, Japan)