Pharmacology of Alzheimer's disease: appraisal and prospects.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We evaluated the differential patterns of brain atrophy in early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) by measuring regional z-scores of voxel-based morphometry and assessed the availability of the method for clinical use. METHODS:The first 50 patients with probable AD were compared to 83 age-matche...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Shiino A,Watanabe T,Kitagawa T,Kotani E,Takahashi J,Morikawa S,Akiguchi I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Alzheimer's disease patients commonly suffer from behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD); a genetic component to the development of BPSD has been demonstrated. Genetic risk factors for other psychiatric disorders have been implicated in BPSD; however, this is the first known investiga...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Pritchard AL,Pritchard CW,Bentham P,Lendon CL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the interobserver reliability of visual rating of HMPAO-SPECT imaging in 271 outpatients referred to a memory clinic, and followed over 1 year. The clinical diagnoses were Alzheimer's disease (n = 156), frontotemporal dementia (n = 47); vascular dementia (n = 21), senile dementia of Lewy body type (n = 12), ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Pasquier F,Lavenu I,Lebert F,Jacob B,Steinling M,Petit H

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To detect the main factors associated with the occurrence of specific geriatric syndromes (namely pressure sores, fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence and falls) in elderly patients during hospitalization. DESIGN:Observational prospective study. SETTING:Eighty-one community and university hospitals thro...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mecocci P,von Strauss E,Cherubini A,Ercolani S,Mariani E,Senin U,Winblad B,Fratiglioni L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Dementia cafés are becoming widespread as a new approach to dementia care, but their operational procedures and significance have not been adequately studied. METHODS:On-the-job training (OJT) for professionals planning to operate a dementia café in the future was conducted in a pioneering dementia caf...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Takechi H,Sugihara Y,Matsumoto H,Yamada H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened for tau gene mutations among 24 Japanese (6 familial and 18 sporadic cases) and 4 Polish patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) using PCR-SSCP analysis followed by DNA sequencing. We identified 2 missense mutations in exon 10: N279K and P301L in 2 Japanese patients with familial FTD. Additionally 3 DN...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kowalska A,Asada T,Arima K,Kumakiri C,Kozubski W,Takahashi K,Tabira T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is quantitatively associated with white matter lesions (WML), the brains of 63 demented patients exhibiting varying degrees of Alzheimer encephalopathy (AE) were examined, along with those of 10 nondemented control cases. The...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Haglund M,Englund E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to establish the prevalence of depression among recently admitted long-term care patients and to examine associations with diagnostic initiatives and treatment as recorded in patients' medical records. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eighty-eight long-term care patients were included. Depression was diagnosed acco...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Iden KR,Engedal K,Hjorleifsson S,Ruths S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the relationship between periventricular (PV) and subcortical (SC) white matter lesions (WML) and cognitive function in patients with memory impairment. METHODS:In total, 253 patients with Global Deterioration Scale scores >or=3 who had been referred to a university-based memory unit due to memory compl...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Stenset V,Hofoss D,Berstad AE,Negaard A,Gjerstad L,Fladby T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the associations between education, cerebral perfusion, and cognitive test performance among 132 patients with Alzheimer's disease. The participants had had between 0 and 19 years of formal schooling, and had either mild or moderate dementia according to the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale. Cerebral...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Liao YC,Liu RS,Teng EL,Lee YC,Wang PN,Lin KN,Chung CP,Liu HC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimations of life expectancies (LE) in health and ill health are important for planning future health care support. This study aimed at quantifying whether an increased LE is accompanied by an increase in the duration of life with dementia (DemLE) in Hong Kong SAR. METHODS:Two parameters from a logistic m...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Cheung SL,Yip SF,Branch LG,Robine JM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in dementia have received much attention due to their high prevalence and their significant implications. NPS in mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a clinical concept proposed as an intermediate state between normal aging and dementia, is now gradually gaining in interest. We ai...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Martin E,Velayudhan L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously localized a locus causing familial nonspecific dementia to the centromeric region of chromosome 3 in a pedigree from the Jutland area of Denmark. This pedigree shows anticipation. Here we present further analysis of these anticipation data which are suggestive of trinucleotide repeat expansion invol...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ashworth A,Lloyd S,Brown J,Gydesen S,Sorensen SA,Brun A,Englund E,Humphreys C,Housman D,Badura M,Stanton V Jr,Taylor K,Cameron J,Munroe D,Johansson J,Rossor M,Fisher EM,Collinge J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of cognitive impairment on the functional outcomes and complication rates of patients with hip fracture during in-patient treatment. METHODS:A total of 402 patients who were surgically treated for hip fractures were consecutively enrolled at a single trauma center. The patients were ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Bliemel C,Lechler P,Oberkircher L,Colcuc C,Balzer-Geldsetzer M,Dodel R,Ruchholtz S,Buecking B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX), COX-2, an inducible form of COX, may be involved in the pathology of AD in association with the arachidonic acid cascade. In...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Fujimi K,Noda K,Sasaki K,Wakisaka Y,Tanizaki Y,Iida M,Kiyohara Y,Kanba S,Iwaki T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two most frequently examined biomarkers in the diagnosis of dementia are cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau and beta-amyloid(1-42) (Abeta(1-42)). An assay for tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (phospho-tau) has recently been developed. We studied these three markers in patients with possible Alzheimer's disease (AD; ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nägga K,Gottfries J,Blennow K,Marcusson J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study explores how speech measures may be linked to language profiles in participants with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and how these profiles could distinguish AD from changes associated with normal aging. METHODS:We analysed simple sentences spoken by older adults with and without AD. Spectrographic analysis of...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Meilán JJ,Martínez-Sánchez F,Carro J,López DE,Millian-Morell L,Arana JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of occupational exposure to solvents on cognitive ageing remains unclear. We examined whether long-term occupational exposure is associated with poor cognitive performance in late midlife. METHODS:Participants in the GAZEL cohort, set up in 1989, are employees of the French national electricity a...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Berr C,Vercambre MN,Bonenfant S,Manoux AS,Zins M,Goldberg M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the effects of rivastigmine capsule 3-12 mg/day over 24 weeks on activities of daily living (ADLs) in patients with dementia associated with Parkinson's disease (PDD). METHODS:Post hocanalysis of a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with PDD (>o...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Olin JT,Aarsland D,Meng X

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients had mild cognitive impairment and increased homocysteine levels in serum. On average, they were supplemented orally with a high dose of a vitamin B12-B6-folate combination for 270 days. All patients had normal serum B12 and folate levels at baseline. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of the tau protein (CSF-t...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lehmann M,Regland B,Blennow K,Gottfries CG

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIM:The prevalence of cognitive symptoms in recently diagnosed Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may be as high as 60%. We report a novel deep brain stimulation (DBS) strategy targeting both motor and cognitive symptoms. METHODS:A PD patient diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment underwent DBS surgery tar...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nombela C,Lozano A,Villanueva C,Barcia JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the clinical and structural brain magnetic resonance imaging correlates of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The data presented here are from the first wave of the longitudinal Personality and Total Health through Life 60+ project. 2,551 community-dwelling individuals in ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kumar R,Parslow RA,Jorm AF,Rosenman SJ,Maller J,Meslin C,Anstey KJ,Christensen H,Sachdev PS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The beta amyloid aggregations present in Alzheimer's disease affect neurons through various toxic alterations. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of the vitamin D receptor (VDR), 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 24-hydroxylase (an accelerator of vitamin D catabolism), and the L-type voltage-sensi...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Dursun E,Gezen-Ak D,Yilmazer S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the poorer prognosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with rapid cognitive decline (RCD), there is a need for a clinical assessment tool to detect these patients. OBJECTIVE:To investigate if there is a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) threshold of decline during 6 months of follow-up which pre...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Soto ME,Andrieu S,Cantet C,Reynish E,Ousset PJ,Arbus C,Gillette-Guyonnet S,Nourhashémi F,Vellas B,REAL.FR group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of associations between serum lipids and Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other dementias in the elderly show conflicting results, perhaps due to misclassification of the various dementias. METHODS:For 358 nursing home residents, serum lipids were studied at admission and diagnoses established at autopsy...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lesser GT,Haroutunian V,Purohit DP,Schnaider Beeri M,Schmeidler J,Honkanen L,Neufeld R,Libow LS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We have previously reported the results of an extended genome-wide scan of Swedish Alzheimer disease (AD)-affected families; in this paper, we analyzed a subset of these families with autopsy-confirmed AD. METHODS:We report the fine-mapping, using both microsatellite markers and single-nucleotide polym...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Sillén A,Brohede J,Forsell C,Lilius L,Andrade J,Odeberg J,Kimura T,Winblad B,Graff C

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The degeneration of dopaminergic cells in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may provide an important source of additional free radical generation. As a result, the oxidative stress status in DLB could be significantly enhanced. Subsequently, the levels of endogenous antioxidants, which are an indirect measure of free ra...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tabet N,Walker Z,Mantle D,Costa D,Orrell M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00