NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListDementNeuropsycholv.1(1);Jan-Mar2007PMC5619388DementNeuropsychol.2007Jan-Mar;1(1):81–88.doi: 10.1590/S1980-57642008DN10100013PMCID:PMC5619388PMID:29213372Language:English|PortugueseAnosognosiainAlzheimer'sdisease:AneuropsychologicalapproachAnosognosianadoençadeAlzheimer:abordagemneuropsicológicaBárbaraBomfimCaiadodeCastroZilli1andBenitoPereiraDamasceno2BárbaraBomfimCaiadodeCastroZilli1GraduateStudent,DepartmentofNeurology,MedicalSchool,StateUniversityofCampinas(UNICAMP),Brazil.FindarticlesbyBárbaraBomfimCaiadodeCastroZilliBenitoPereiraDamasceno2Professor,DepartmentofNeurology,MedicalSchool,StateUniversityofCampinas(UNICAMP),Brazil.FindarticlesbyBenitoPereiraDamascenoAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1GraduateStudent,DepartmentofNeurology,MedicalSchool,StateUniversityofCampinas(UNICAMP),Brazil.2Professor,DepartmentofNeurology,MedicalSchool,StateUniversityofCampinas(UNICAMP),Brazil.Prof.Dr.BenitoP.Damasceno–DepartmentofNeurology,MedicalSchool,StateUniversityofCampinas/Box6111–13083-970CampinasSP-Brazil.E-mail:rb.pmacinu@necsamad.CopyrightnoticeThisisanOpenAccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.AnosognosiaisoftenfoundinAlzheimer'sdisease(AD),butitsrelationshipwithcognitivebehavioralchangesisnotwellestablished.ObjectiveToverifyifanosognosiaisrelatedtocognitive-behavioraldisturbances,andtoregionalbraindysfunctionasevaluatedbyneuroimaging.MethodsWeincludedADpatientswithMini-MentalStateExamination(MMSE)scoresof12through24,andClinicalDementiaRating(CDR)scoresof1or2.DementiadiagnosiswasbasedonDSM-IVandNINCDS-ADRDAcriteria.WeusedSelf-ConsciousnessQuestionnaire(SCQ)andDenialofIllnessScale(DIS),andfollowingneuropsychologic