Patrones de rendimiento práxico en pacientes con demencia tipo Alzheimer y demencia frontotemporal variante frontal

These findings are consistent with the report of a marked deficit in the imitation of unfamiliar gestures in Alzheimer's dementia (Ska et al, 1990; Mozaz et al, 1999). The coding of motion underlying to the repetition of an action, primarily activated parietal areas. The differences in performance on the imitation of unfamiliar gestures could be explained from a differential in parietal area's deficit.