A volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study of the amygdala in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer's disease.

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：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/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:Our aim was to evaluate and compare the diagnostic properties of 5 screening tests for the diagnosis of mild Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:We conducted a prospective and cross-sectional study of 92 patients with mild AD and of 68 healthy controls from our Department of Neurology. The diagnostic properties...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Matías-Guiu JA,Valles-Salgado M,Rognoni T,Hamre-Gil F,Moreno-Ramos T,Matías-Guiu J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The familial aggregation of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) might be caused by the clustering of genetic risk factors in families. This study investigates the influence of variants of candidate genes on the familial aggregation of AD. METHODS:The occurrence of AD was examined in 1,420 first-degree relati...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Heun R,Ptok U,Kölsch H,Maier W,Jessen F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Since detection of the prion protein gene (PRNP) more than 30 mutations have been discovered. Some have only been found in single case reports without known intrafamilial accumulation or neuropathological proof so that the causal connection between mutation and disease could not be proved. Those patient...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Schelzke G,Stoeck K,Eigenbrod S,Grasbon-Frodl E,Raddatz LM,Ponto C,Kretzschmar HA,Zerr I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene has in many studies been identified as a susceptibility factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The APOE association is rather strong, but other not yet identified genetic factors are assumed to be involved in the pathogenesis of AD. Recently an association between an intronic polymorphism...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kowalska A,Wender M,Lannfelt L

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe how dementia assessment could be organized in primary health care and how it works. METHODS:The project had two phases. In phase one 104 elderly patients were assessed by a local authority dementia team that used a standardized examination protocol, which enabled the family doctors to establish ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Engedal K,Gausdal M,Gjøra L,Haugen PK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Limited research has been done on the functional connectivity in visuoperceptual regions in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) patients. This study aimed to investigate the functional connectivity differences between a task condition and an inter-task resting state condition within a visuoperceptual paradigm, in DLB ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Chabran E,Roquet D,Gounot D,Sourty M,Armspach JP,Blanc F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Semantic dementia (SD). OBJECTIVE:To identify the pattern of decline of cerebral glucose metabolism in SD using cerebral (18)F-fluoro-2-desoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography scanning ((18)F-FDG-PET). METHODS:Eight patients with SD underwent (18)F-FDG-PET at baseline and at re-examination in average...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Diehl-Schmid J,Grimmer T,Drzezga A,Bornschein S,Perneczky R,Forstl H,Schwaiger M,Kurz A

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：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：AIM:The aim of this study was standardization and validation of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in the general Croatian aging population. METHODS:Three-hundred and forty-four participants underwent the MMSE test, 217 cognitively healthy subjects without neurological and psychiatric disorders and 127 patients ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Boban M,Malojčić B,Mimica N,Vuković S,Zrilić I,Hof PR,Simić G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Existing cognitive measures for moderate-to-severe dementia have shown floor effects and an inability to assess the remaining cognitive function, especially for profound dementia. METHODS:We constructed the Cognitive Test for Severe Dementia (CTSD), which consists of 13 items covering 7 cognitive domai...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tanaka H,Nagata Y,Uematsu M,Takebayashi T,Hanada K,Inokawa M,Fukuhara K,Ogawa Y,Haga D,Kakegawa Y,Nishikawa T

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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：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：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：:The Fas antigen (CD95) is a cell surface receptor that mediates cell apoptosis signalling. Recent investigations have shown that Fas-regulated apoptosis was linked to neurodegenerative lesions in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here data regarding the association of two polymorphisms of the Fas pr...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Chiappelli M,Nasi M,Cossarizza A,Porcellini E,Tumini E,Pinti M,Troiano L,Franceschi M,Licastro F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low muscle strength and muscle mass are associated with adverse outcomes in older hospitalized patients. The aim of this study was to assess the association between cognitive functioning and muscle strength and muscle mass in hospitalized older patients. METHODS:This prospective inception cohort included 37...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： van Dam R,Van Ancum JM,Verlaan S,Scheerman K,Meskers CGM,Maier AB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence for a role of apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent findings suggest an increased susceptibility of lymphocytes to apoptosis in AD. To prove the hypothesis of systemic alterations in the apoptotic balance in AD, serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of soluble CD95, which is known to m...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Richartz E,Noda S,Schott K,Günthner A,Lewczuk P,Bartels M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic mobility, balance, gait and dual-task performance were characterised in 140 consecutive subjects referred to a multidisciplinary university hospital in a geriatric setting for cognitive symptoms and possible dementia. After completion of an extensive diagnostic evaluation, subjects were classified into four diag...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Pettersson AF,Olsson E,Wahlund LO

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We purposed to investigate the relationship between cerebral abnormalities detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cognitive performance in nondemented outpatients with heart failure (HF). METHODS:In 58 patients with HF neuropsychological assessment was performed including tests of mental spee...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Vogels RL,Oosterman JM,van Harten B,Gouw AA,Schroeder-Tanka JM,Scheltens P,van der Flier WM,Weinstein HC

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Among the different quantitative electroencephalographic markers, theta activity is known to reflect neural resources involved in memory processes and directed attention. Previous studies suggested that synchronization likelihood analysis in theta-band frequency might be a sensitive method to identify early ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Missonnier P,Gold G,Herrmann FR,Fazio-Costa L,Michel JP,Deiber MP,Michon A,Giannakopoulos P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although QOL is an important indicator to assess multiple facets of life, the QOL of Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects with impaired cognitive ability due to dementia has not yet been fully investigated. In this study, we developed the Japanese version of the Quality of Life-Alzheimer's disease (QOL-AD) scal...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Matsui T,Nakaaki S,Murata Y,Sato J,Shinagawa Y,Tatsumi H,Furukawa TA

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:We have previously reported that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was expressed on vascular endothelial cells from postmortem specimens of demented but not cognitively normal subjects. In the present study, we examined skin biopsies from 35 living patients who were either normal or had a clinical diagnosis of p...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Styren SD,Styren GC,DeKosky ST

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the neural basis for the behavioral symptoms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) that cause the greatest caregiver distress. BACKGROUND:FTLD is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with behavioral disturbances. Group studies have related these behaviors to volume loss on ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Massimo L,Powers C,Moore P,Vesely L,Avants B,Gee J,Libon DJ,Grossman M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the cerebral white matter (WM) in experimental models of hypoxia and ischemia has been for a long time neglected, the interest of investigators being focused on the response of the neuronal population. The increasing frequency with which modern neuroimaging techniques disclose alterations of the WM of pos...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Pantoni L

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00