Ashley Court of
Brighton
7400 Challis Road, Brighton, Michigan 48116
Ph: (810) 225-7400 Fax: (810) 225-8281
(Located next to Mt. Brighton Ski Resort)
Fact Sheet on Alzheimer's Disease
Each person with possible Alzheimer's disease symptoms should have a thorough evaluation. Recommended tests include: physical, neurological, psychological and psychiatric examinations and laboratory studies, including blood studies, computerized tomography (CT Scan), electro-encephalography (EEG) and, occasionally, studies of the spinal fluid. While this evaluation may provide a clinical diagnosis, absolute confirmation of Alzheimer's disease requires examination of brain tissue, which is usually perfomred at autopsy. Examination of brain tissue is crucial, not only for a conclusive diagnosis, but is central to most of the major research being conducted.
