Neuropsychiatric correlates of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of agitation in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia; (2) to explore the association between agitation and other clinical variables, including disease severity, functional impairment and other neuropsychiatric symptoms, and (...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Senanarong V,Cummings JL,Fairbanks L,Mega M,Masterman DM,O'Connor SM,Strickland TL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Possession of one or more apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 alleles may influence the distribution of atrophy and clinical phenotype. We aimed to assess the influence of APOE genotype on cortical thickness and regional brain volumes in AD (Alzheimer's disease). METHODS:We included 38 patients (9 epsilon4 non...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Gutiérrez-Galve L,Lehmann M,Hobbs NZ,Clarkson MJ,Ridgway GR,Crutch S,Ourselin S,Schott JM,Fox NC,Barnes J

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are two frequent causes of dementia that share both clinical and neuropathological features. Common to both disorders are the neurofibrillary tangles consisting of aggregations of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Recently, a number of different pathogenic muta...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ostojic J,Elfgren C,Passant U,Nilsson K,Gustafson L,Lannfelt L,Froelich Fabre S

更新日期：2004-01-01 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/AIMS:Little research has been conducted into differences in the perceived quality of life of patients (QoL-p) when comparing spouse and adult child caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to identify the differential variables in perceived QoL-p between patients and care...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Conde-Sala JL,Garre-Olmo J,Turró-Garriga O,Vilalta-Franch J,López-Pousa S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis was performed to provide a realistic image of the efficacy that could be expected after 26 weeks treatment with a 120-mg dose (40 mg t.i.d.) of EGb 761 (EGb). The data were collected during a 52-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed dose, parallel-group, multicenter study. P...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Le Bars PL,Kieser M,Itil KZ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To conduct a prospective analysis of the neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) across the three categories of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS), compare the prevalence and nature of the symptoms, and look at which symptoms could be helpful to better differentiate these PPA and PAO...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Singh TD,Duffy JR,Strand EA,Machulda MM,Whitwell JL,Josephs KA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The preclinical patterns of biological markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in vivo need further exploration. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate CSF biomarkers, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and cognitive performance in cognitively healthy older individuals. METHOD:Within a 2-week peri...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Stomrud E,Forsberg A,Hägerström D,Ryding E,Blennow K,Zetterberg H,Minthon L,Hansson O,Londos E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Memantine is a moderate affinity N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist approved for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, tau is abnormally hyperphosphorylated. However, no significant changes of phosphorylated tau levels in CSF are found at follow-up in studies with AD patients. It has been shown...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Degerman Gunnarsson M,Kilander L,Basun H,Lannfelt L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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：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：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：:The present investigation reports the application of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF; (133)Xe method) to prognostic purposes in a consecutive series of 76 patients (mean age 68.4 +/- 8.7 years) with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD; NINCDS-ADRDA criteria). The likelihood that rCBF from a posterior temporal-inferior...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nobili F,Copello F,Buffoni F,Vitali P,Girtler N,Bordoni C,Safaie-Semnani E,Mariani G,Rodriguez G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The relationship between subcortical hyperintensities (SH) on brain MRI and gait parameters in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is unclear. This study compared gait in 42 mild AD patients to 22 normal controls (NC) based on their SH severity and correlated them to SH burden in these groups. METHODS:G...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nadkarni NK,McIlroy WE,Mawji E,Black SE

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：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:To examine the effects of galantamine and risperidone on agitation in patients with dementia. METHODS:A total of 100 patients with dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms (mean age ± SD: 78.6 ± 7.5 years; 67% female) were included in this 12-week, randomized, parallel-group, controlled, single-center trial. The pa...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Freund-Levi Y,Bloniecki V,Auestad B,Tysen Bäckström AC,Lärksäter M,Aarsland D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between quantitative EEG (qEEG) measurements in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer's disease (AD) and healthy controls and to study to what extent qEEG in FTD and AD or neuropsychological test results of FTD and AD patients or a combination of both contribute to classific...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lindau M,Jelic V,Johansson SE,Andersen C,Wahlund LO,Almkvist O

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study undiagnosed diseases in older people with and without dementia. DESIGN:Cross-sectional population-based study in Lieto, southwestern Finland. PARTICIPANTS:All the inhabitants aged 64 and more in Lieto. Participation rate was 82% (n = 1,260). MEASUREMENTS:Dementia and its subtypes were diagnosed ac...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Löppönen MK,Isoaho RE,Räihä IJ,Vahlberg TJ,Loikas SM,Takala TI,Puolijoki H,Irjala KM,Kivelä SL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, attributable risk due to APOE4 varies by region and by race/ethnicity. METHODS:A literature review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the prevalence of APOE4 by geographic area among AD patients. RESULT...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Crean S,Ward A,Mercaldi CJ,Collins JM,Cook MN,Baker NL,Arrighi HM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：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：UNLABELLED:The concept of the cognitive reserve (CR) hypothesizes that premorbid factors such as education enable compensation for the manifestation of brain pathology. Accordingly, pathology should be more prominent in individuals with higher CR before becoming clinically apparent. Previously, we found that patients s...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Rolstad S,Nordlund A,Eckerström C,Gustavsson MH,Zetterberg H,Wallin A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although myoclonus commonly occurs in a later stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the pathological basis of this symptom is still unclear. In order to elucidate the neuropathological substrate of myoclonus in AD, we quantitatively assessed neuronal density and volume, with a discrimination between small and large neuro...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Fukutani Y,Cairns NJ,Everall IP,Chadwick A,Isaki K,Lantos PL

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Seventeen patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), 7 patients with frontal lobe dementia (FLD) and 19 control subjects (NOR) were examined by (99m)Tc-d,l- hexamethylpropylene amine oxime ((99m)Tc-HMPAO) SPECT. Images were standardised in the same 3D space and averaged within each group. After normalisation, th...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Pagani M,Salmaso D,Ramström C,Jonsson C,Lundqvist R,Thurfjell L,Schnell PO,Wägner A,Jacobsson H,Larsson SA

更新日期：2001-05-01 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