期刊名称：Revue de Neuropsychologie Neurosciences Cognitives et Cliniques
印刷版ISSN：2101-6739
电子版ISSN：2102-6025
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：196-205
DOI：10.1684/nrp.2012.0227
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：Figures See all figures Authors Ludivine Ritz , Anne Lise Pitel , François Vabret , Francis Eustache , Hélène Beaunieux Inserm, U1077, Caen, France, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, UMR-S1077, Caen, France, École pratique des hautes études, UMR-S1077, Caen, France, CHU de Caen, U1077, Caen, France, CHU de Caen, service d’addictologie, Caen, France Key words: alcoholism, cognitive disorders, differential diagnosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, dementia DOI : 10.1684/nrp.2012.0227 Page(s) : 196-205 Published in: 2012 Chronic alcohol consumption results in neuropsychological deficits, which are now well documented. Executive functioning, episodic memory and metamemory, visuospatial and psychomotor abilities, and emotional functioning are impaired in some alcoholic patients. The heterogeneity of the alcohol-related neuropsychological impairments can make it difficult to differentiate alcoholism from Korsakoff's syndrome, alcoholic dementia, traumatic brain injury, aging or dementia. The graded effects of impairments observed in alcoholism, Korsakoff's syndrome and alcohol-related dementia reinforce the continuity theory. There is no evidence that chronic alcoholism contributes to the neuropsychological changes observed in aging, dementia (Alzheimer's disease, fronto-temporal dementia) or traumatic brain injury. It seems essential for neuropsychologists, who evaluate elderly or brain-injured patients in clinical settings, to question about alcohol consumption in order to take into consideration potential alcohol-related neuropsychological deficits.
