Abstract
Sympathetic nervous system responses to a cognitive challenge and a physiologic stimulus (upright posture) were compared in 10 patients with early Alzheimer's Disease and a group of healthy older adults. Plasma catecholamine and cardiovascular responses to upright posture were similar in the two groups. However, sympathetic activation during mental effort was impaired in the patient group; this difference did not appear to be attributable to motivational factors. Alzheimer's Disease is associated with a defect in sympathetic nervous system function that is specifically linked to cognitive effort and appears early in the course of the disease.
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