Genetic analysis in patients with familial and sporadic frontotemporal dementia: two tau mutations in only familial cases and no association with apolipoprotein epsilon4.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We identified and studied 13 patients carrying the P301L mutation in the MAPT gene from the same area (Baix Llobregat County) in Barcelona, Spain. METHODS:The demographic and clinical features were reviewed retrospectively. Detailed neuropathological characterization was obtained in 9 subjects. To inve...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Borrego-Écija S,Morgado J,Palencia-Madrid L,Grau-Rivera O,Reñé R,Hernández I,Almenar C,Balasa M,Antonell A,Molinuevo JL,Lladó A,Martínez de Pancorbo M,Gelpi E,Sánchez-Valle R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the accuracy of an extended version of the Delayed Word Recall (DWR) test in distinguishing patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Mini Mental State Examination score > or = 23) from community-dwelling depressed/dysthymic patients. The DWR test was administered to 26 non-depre...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Coen RF,Kirby M,Swanwick GR,Maguire CP,Walsh JB,Coakley D,O'Neill D,Lawlor BA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its subtypes among Chinese older adults, and the contribution of vascular risk factors (VRF) and vascular disorders to MCI remain unclear. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of MCI and its different subtypes, and clarify the role of VRF an...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ma F,Wu T,Zhao J,Ji L,Song A,Zhang M,Huang G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gait speed (GS) is a predictor of negative outcomes in older adults and in those in risk to develop cognitive impairment; as such, it has been associated with dementia. Studies in Latin-American older adults showing this association are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between GS and d...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Garcia-Cifuentes E,Márquez I,Vasquez D,Aguillon D,Borda MG,Lopera F,Cano-Gutierrez C

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationships between cognitive impairment and apathy in patients with early Huntington's disease (HD) and to further explore the influence of depression on the outcome of cognitive changes associated with apathy. METHODS:We included 36 early HD patients, among them 20 were apathetic (HDA)...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Baudic S,Maison P,Dolbeau G,Boissé MF,Bartolomeo P,Dalla Barba G,Traykov L,Bachoud-Lévi AC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several biomarkers have been proposed to discriminate sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) from other dementias and control cases. However, their clinical accuracy depends on the PRNP codon 129 genotype, leaving it unclear how well established markers behave in untested conditions. METHODS:We analyzed ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Llorens F,Karch A,Golanska E,Schmitz M,Lange P,Sikorska B,Liberski PP,Zerr I

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is regarded as a precursor to dementia, but not all patients with MCI develop dementia. We followed up 165 elderly outpatients with MCI for a mean of 3 years. The aims were (1) to investigate the risk of conversion to dementia for different MCI subtypes diagnosed according to standardiz...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ravaglia G,Forti P,Maioli F,Martelli M,Servadei L,Brunetti N,Pantieri G,Mariani E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Depressive symptoms are commonly observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The underlying mechanisms of depressive symptoms in AD remain unclear; frontolimbic circuitry dysfunction may play a role. We aimed to investigate the microstructural integrity of frontolimbic connectivity of specific fiber tracts in...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Zhu Q,Lin M,Bi S,Ni Z,Zhao J,Chen B,Fan G,Shang X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study was designed to determine the acceptability, feasibility and validity of measuring quality of life in a representative sample of dementia patients with a generic instrument, the Duke Health Profile. METHOD:The French version of the Duke Health Profile was administered to 148 subjects with a mental ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Novella J,Ankri J,Morrone I,Guillemin F,Jolly D,Jochum C,Ploton L,Blanchard F

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:With an increasing life expectancy, the number of people suffering from dementia globally will rise to about 115.4 million by 2050. It is projected that in the 21st century, the majority of the world's older people will be living in Asia. This paper examines the global issues of family caregiving for ol...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Chan SW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the fact that delirium is a common and often severe cognitive disturbance in the elderly, quite few intervention studies are performed. Descriptive studies of variable quality are much more common. For example, in hip fracture patients delirium is a common complication and the cause of nursing problems tha...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Brännström B

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and has also been implicated in cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline and cognitive changes in healthy ageing. The aim of this paper is to systematically review and critically assess the association between the APOE ge...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Cherbuin N,Leach LS,Christensen H,Anstey KJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim of the study was to investigate the association of postoperative delirium with the outcomes of cognitive impairment, functional disability and death. METHODS:Hip surgery patients aged 60 years or over (n = 200) underwent preoperative and daily postoperative assessment of their cognitive status ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Bickel H,Gradinger R,Kochs E,Förstl H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aims of this study were to validate the newly developed version of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE-III) against standardised neuropsychological tests and its predecessor (ACE-R) in early dementia. METHODS:A total of 61 patients with dementia (frontotemporal dementia, FTD, n = 33, and A...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Hsieh S,Schubert S,Hoon C,Mioshi E,Hodges JR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a case of early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) in an apolipoprotein (Apo) ε2/ε2 homozygote. BACKGROUND:Apo ε2/ε2 is the rarest of the ApoE genotypes, representing only 1.4% of the population. Cognitive decline in ApoE ε2 homozygotes has rarely been reported. CASE REPORT/METHODS:We report a 58-ye...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Cole L,Belden C,Jacobson S,Liebsack C,Myers K,Reninger C,Berk C,Sabbagh MN

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosis is common in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and contributes substantially to patient morbidity and caregiver distress. Antipsychotic medications are used to treat psychosis and other psychiatric or behavioral symptoms in AD, although optimal treatment guidelines have been elusive. Choosing the most a...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Sultzer DL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metrifonate, through its pharmacologically active metabolite 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethylphosphate (DDVP), is a long-acting cholinesterase inhibitor for the symptomatic treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. Clinical studies with Alzheimer patients have demonstrated the favourable safety and tolerability pro...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Schmidt BH,Heinig R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to identify physical and mental health and lifestyle predictors of transition from normal cognition to mild cognitive disorder (MCD). METHODS:A total of 2,082 individuals, aged 60-64 years, were assessed at 2 time-points 4 years apart for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and other MCDs. ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Cherbuin N,Reglade-Meslin C,Kumar R,Jacomb P,Easteal S,Christensen H,Sachdev P,Anstey KJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:To estimate the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment in Aragon (Spain), analyzing differences according to age, gender and health area. METHODS:Retrospective study on AD treatment prevalence of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine during 2005, using pharmaco-epidemiological data from pres...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Villar-Fernández I,Bjerrum L,Feja C,Rabanaque MJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease (AD). We hypothesized that the first symptoms associated with FTD would be different from those seen in AD and that the first symptoms in FTD would reflect loss of function in the frontal region with the greatest degree of degeneration. The obj...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lindau M,Almkvist O,Kushi J,Boone K,Johansson SE,Wahlund LO,Cummings JL,Miller BL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe central nervous system (CNS) drug consumption patterns depending on the time to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and to check whether the cases diagnosed later are associated with greater severity and consuming more CNS drugs. METHODS:Cross-sectional study using 952 cases of the Registry of Deme...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Calvó-Perxas L,López-Pousa S,Vilalta-Franch J,Turró-Garriga O,Blankenburg M,Febrer L,Flaqué M,Vallmajó N,Aguirregomozcorta M,Genís D,Casas I,Perkal H,Coromina J,Garre-Olmo J,Registry of Dementias of Girona Study Group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is one of the most frequent symptoms of disease in the elderly. A large variation of incidence and prevalence data is reported probably due to different patient populations and inconsistent diagnostic criteria. In medical and surgical elderly inpatients recent studies report a prevalence rate of approximately...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Bucht G,Gustafson Y,Sandberg O

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) concentration is elevated in elderly patients with mental illness, and patients with vascular disease have higher plasma tHcy concentrations than patients without vascular disease. Increasing evidence indicates that vascular risk factors play a role in the development of cogn...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nilsson K,Gustafson L,Hultberg B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the sensitivity and specificity of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT) for demented patients (n = 82, using NINCDS criteria) and 114 healthy controls--equivalent in age, years of education and gender-ratio--from the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing. The HVLT 'Total Rec...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Hogervorst E,Combrinck M,Lapuerta P,Rue J,Swales K,Budge M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predominant and progressive complex visual disorders are often due to posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), a rare early-onset dementing syndrome presenting with visual complaints. In clinicopathological studies, PCA is most commonly considered a form of Alzheimer's disease (AD); no prior study has evaluated cli...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mendez MF,Ghajarania M,Perryman KM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypovitaminosis D is associated with executive dysfunction as a whole. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine whether lower vitamin D levels were associated with mental flexibility, information updating, or cognitive and motor inhibition among older adults. METHODS:One hundred Caucasian ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Annweiler C,Maby E,Meyerber M,Beauchet O

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Switzerland (7 million inhabitants), the organization of health care is in the hand of the cantons and not of the Confederation. The canton of Vaud (600,000 inhabitants), in the south-west part of the country, counts 4 psychiatric sectors, each with a psychogeriatric service. Otherwise the canton has 146 long-stay ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Wertheimer J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Current findings suggest the existence of a category of fast cognitive decliners with a poorer prognosis but better treatment response. Our study aimed at confirming the concept of fast decliners at the time of Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis which best predicts mortality, in an unselected sample. M...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Carcaillon L,Pérès K,Péré JJ,Helmer C,Orgogozo JM,Dartigues JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Elderly patients with dementia have a higher risk of falls and fractures as compared to cognitively intact elderly subjects. To investigate whether psychological distress of the caregiver might predispose older persons with Alzheimer disease (AD) to falls and fractures, we performed a prospective cohort...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Maggio D,Ercolani S,Andreani S,Ruggiero C,Mariani E,Mangialasche F,Palmari N,Mecocci P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) is used to rate dementia severity. Its utility in diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its predictive value remain unknown. AIMS:The aim of this study was to examine the association between CDR scores and expert MCI diagnosis, and to determine whether basel...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Woolf C,Slavin MJ,Draper B,Thomassen F,Kochan NA,Reppermund S,Crawford JD,Trollor JN,Brodaty H,Sachdev PS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00