A SPECT study of sleep disturbance and Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We investigated the histopathological correlates of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) in participants with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or cerebrovascular disease, and in aged controls. METHODS:We reviewed 57 participants who had neuropathology and in whom neuroimaging was done. In addition to AD pathol...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Shim YS,Yang DW,Roe CM,Coats MA,Benzinger TL,Xiong C,Galvin JE,Cairns NJ,Morris JC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) usually represents a transitional phase between normal cognitive function and dementia, but not all people with MCI develop dementia because MCI is a clinically and etiologically heterogeneous grouping. The aim of this study was to compare progression rates to Alzheimer's disease (A...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lee YM,Park JM,Lee BD,Moon E,Chung YI,Kang CJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 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

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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the decline in specific neuropsychological functions in nondemented Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with a history of visual hallucinations (VH). METHODS:Twenty PD patients with VH, 20 PD patients without VH and 18 normal controls were followed up over a 1-year period and assessed for cognitive...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ramirez-Ruiz B,Junque C,Marti MJ,Valldeoriola F,Tolosa E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidants prevent oxidative stress that possibly causes neuronal loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We examined whether high plasma levels of the antioxidant vitamins A and E were associated with lower prevalence of AD or cognitive decline (CD). We performed a cross-sectional study within the Rotterdam Study. In an ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Engelhart MJ,Ruitenberg A,Meijer J,Kiliaan A,van Swieten JC,Hofman A,Witteman JC,Breteler MM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Prior studies have shown that patients with dementia are at risk of receiving insufficient treatment for pain after a hip fracture. We therefore hypothesized that elderly hip fracture patients with dementia received less postoperative pain treatment than those without dementia. METHOD:All patients (age...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Jensen-Dahm C,Palm H,Gasse C,Dahl JB,Waldemar G

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may affect the risk of cognitive decline in older adults. METHODS:Cross-sectional analysis was conducted among 720 (50.4% women) participants aged 68-92 years (mean age: 77.6, SD ±6.2) of the population-based KORA-Age study. Eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoi...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lukaschek K,von Schacky C,Kruse J,Ladwig KH

更新日期：2016-01-01 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:We investigated the relationship between sleep disturbance and cognitive decline or clinical conversion in individuals with normal cognition (CN), as well as those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia due to Alzheimer disease (AD-dementia). METHODS:Secondary analysis of 1,629 adults between 48 ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mecca AP,Michalak HR,McDonald JW,Kemp EC,Pugh EA,Becker ML,Mecca MC,van Dyck CH,The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Attention deficits are at the core of the defects in neuropsychological performance which define both dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Most studies have used separate tasks to test different attention abilities in patients with these diagnoses, precluding the assessment of any in...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Fuentes LJ,Fernández PJ,Campoy G,Antequera MM,García-Sevilla J,Antúnez C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Catechol-O-methyltransferase, encoded by the COMT gene, is one of the enzymes that degrade dopamine. The aim of this study was to investigate whether polymorphisms in the COMT gene were associated with delirium. METHODS:Patients aged 65 years and older, acutely admitted to the medical department or to ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： van Munster BC,Baas F,Tanck MW,de Rooij SE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, key studies of the risk profile for post-surgical delirium have focused on general medical and non-elective patients, few have examined elective cohorts. Accurate prediction is imperative for clinical trials and prevention strategies. AIMS/HYPOTHESIS:Our hypothesis was that subtle pre-operative ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lowery DP,Wesnes K,Ballard CG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies examining episodic memory in Alzheimer disease (AD) have focused on patients' impaired ability to remember information. This approach provides only a partial picture of memory deficits since other factors involved are not considered. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the recognition memory performance by u...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Russo MJ,Cohen G,Campos J,Martin ME,Clarens MF,Sabe L,Barcelo E,Allegri RF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the intact alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (alpha7nAChR) protein levels in the peripheral blood leukocytes in 15 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and 13 normal elderly control subjects. Demographic data and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were obtained. Western blot analysis for alpha7...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Chu LW,Ma ES,Lam KK,Chan MF,Lee DH

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：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:This study aimed to investigate whether the serial position effects in memory can differentiate patients with different subtypes of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from healthy controls and patients with different stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:The serial position effects was tested with t...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Moser B,Deisenhammer EA,Marksteiner J,Papousek I,Fink A,Weiss EM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholics often develop personality and behavioural changes, social and personal neglect, confabulation, lack of insight, empathy and emotional control. Such symptoms would increase the risk of engagement in and exposure to acts of violence and criminal activities carrying a risk of physical damage including head tra...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Brun A,Andersson J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To perform an item analysis of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) versus the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in the prediction of cognitive impairment, and to examine the characteristics of different MoCA threshold scores. METHODS:135 subjects enrolled in a longitudinal clinicopathologic study were adm...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Damian AM,Jacobson SA,Hentz JG,Belden CM,Shill HA,Sabbagh MN,Caviness JN,Adler CH

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：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：:In epidemiological, cross-sectional studies, treatment with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) prevented to a large extent the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the results of randomized, placebo-controlled studies, focused on statin therapy in patients with ischemic heart ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Algotsson A,Winblad B

更新日期：2004-01-01 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: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：AIM:The aims of the present study were to report on the psychometric properties of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale by comparing it with the gold standard method of self-reporting on a numerical rating scale (NRS), and to provide a categorical version of the PAINAD scale comparable with the verba...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mosele M,Inelmen EM,Toffanello ED,Girardi A,Coin A,Sergi G,Manzato E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Midlife hypertension followed by late life hypotension resulting from neurodegeneration increases amyloidogenesis and tauopathy. METHODS:Consecutive outpatients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) at various stages and their respective caregivers were assessed for score variations in 1 year of tests as...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： de Oliveira FF,Chen ES,Smith MC,Bertolucci PH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00