Training to criterion in eyeblink classical conditioning in Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome with Alzheimer's disease, and healthy elderly.
Training to criterion in eyeblink classical conditioning in Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome with Alzheimer's disease, and healthy elderly.
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对阿尔茨海默病、患有阿尔茨海默病的唐氏综合症以及健康老年人进行眨眼经典条件反射标准的培训。
DOI:
10.1037//0735-7044.110.1.22
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Papka,M
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作者:
Woodruff-Pak,DS;Romano,S;Papka,M
The cholinergic antagonist scopolamine delays acquisition of eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC) in rabbits and humans, but scopolamine-treated organisms eventually acquire conditioned responses (CRs). Patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and older adults with Down's syndrome (DS/AD) have disrupted cholinergic systems and perform EBCC very poorly. It was hypothesized that patients with probable AD and DS/AD, like scopolamine-injected organisms, would acquire CRs if given sufficient training. Twelve probable AD patients, 12 DS/AD patients, and 6 healthy elderly control individuals participated in 5 daily 90-trial sessions of EBCC. Fifty-eight percent of the probable AD, 92% of the DS-AD, and 100% of the control participants achieved learning criterion. Probable AD, DS/AD, and control participants had statistically significant increases in the percentage of CRs produced over 5 EBCC sessions. The neural substrate for EBCC was not eliminated in probable AD or DS/AD patients, although the learning mechanism was disrupted.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)