Risk factors of transition from normal cognition to mild cognitive disorder: the PATH through Life Study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cognitive performance of institutionalized elderly in the city of Natal, state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS:A descriptive, longitudinal study of 85 aged individuals via an interview conducted following the application of a classification form and the Mini-Mental State Examination (...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Medeiros de A Nunes V,Alchieri JC,Azevedo LM,Varela de Oliveira KM,Pereira DA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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:To explore the presenting and early symptoms of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). METHOD:Patients with mild dementia fulfilling diagnostic criteria for DLB (n = 61) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 109) were recruited from outpatient dementia clinics in western Norway. At diagnosis, caregivers were ask...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Auning E,Rongve A,Fladby T,Booij J,Hortobágyi T,Siepel FJ,Ballard C,Aarsland D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten years after the introduction of the first drug, tacrine, in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, it seems appropriate to re-appraise the pharmacological processes of innovation in the research field of dementia. The aim of this review is to pinpoint concrete improvements achieved in this field, regarding experime...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Sellal F,Nieoullon A,Michel G,Michel BF,Lacomblez L,Geerts H,Delini Stula A,Bordet R,Bentué-Ferrer D,Allain H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were derived from the Cochrane Collaboration meta-analyses of the efficacies of ginkgo, donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine on changes in cognitive function in patients with dementia and, where necessary, were transformed to standardized mean differences. The proportion of patients discontinuing trials was us...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kurz A,Van Baelen B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The H63D mutation in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE) has recently been considered as a risk factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD) with advancing age at onset of the disease, independently of the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) epsilon4 allele effect. We examined the distribution of the H63D mutation and ApoE genotypes as a functi...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Combarros O,García-Román M,Fontalba A,Fernández-Luna JL,Llorca J,Infante J,Berciano J

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：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

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The diagnosis of delirium is not supported by specific biomarkers. In a previous study, high neopterin levels were found in patients with a postoperative delirium. In the present study, we investigated levels of neopterin, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in acutely ill admi...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Egberts A,Wijnbeld EH,Fekkes D,van der Ploeg MA,Ziere G,Hooijkaas H,van der Cammen TJ,Mattace-Raso FU

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantive overlap between the clinical syndromes of frontal lobe dementia (FLD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or primary progressive aphasia (PPA), and corticobasal degeneration syndrome (CBDS) has been demonstrated in a population of 55 patients followed for more than 3 years in a cognitive neurology clinic. Pa...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kertesz A,Davidson W,Munoz DG

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：: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：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/AIMS:Motor impairment is an important aspect of cognitive decline in older adults. It has been suggested that complex motor control is affected earlier than gross motor control. The aims were to investigate if complex hand motor function was more affected than gross motor function in cognitively impaired old...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Bramell-Risberg E,Jarnlo GB,Elmståhl S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau, decreased CSF amyloid-beta42 (Abeta42) and the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) epsilon4 allele predict progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we investigated these markers to assess their predictive value and influence on...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Blom ES,Giedraitis V,Zetterberg H,Fukumoto H,Blennow K,Hyman BT,Irizarry MC,Wahlund LO,Lannfelt L,Ingelsson M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 21 patients suffering from Binswanger's disease (BD) and in 53 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, we measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI), high molecular weight form somatostatin (HMV-SST), somatostatin-25/28 (SST-25/28), somatostatin-14 (SST-14), D...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Strittmatter M,Hamann GF,Grauer MT,Cramer H,Schimrigk K

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Both personality changes and behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS) may be associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in later life and help identify incipient dementia. We wished to investigate the links between personality and BPS in MCI. METHOD:We studied premorbid personality traits ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mendez Rubio M,Antonietti JP,Donati A,Rossier J,von Gunten A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene epsilon 4 allele is known to be associated with late-onset familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). We assessed the possible relationship between APOE genotypes and morphological or functional changes in AD brains by x-ray computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MR...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tanaka S,Kawamata J,Shimohama S,Akaki H,Akiguchi I,Kimura J,Ueda K

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To characterize loss of basic activities of daily living (BADL) in 687 Alzheimer's disease (AD) community-dwelling patients included in the French REAL cohort. METHODS:Patients had mild to moderately severe AD, and the mean age was 77.8 years. Patterns of loss of the 6 BADL were described at inclusion ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lechowski L,Van Pradelles S,Le Crane M,d'Arailh L,Tortrat D,Teillet L,Vellas B,REAL Group.

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cognitive impairment (CI) is frequent after stroke, but data from population-based stroke cohorts on the natural course of CI are limited. The purpose of this study was to determine changes in cognitive status over 3 years after stroke. METHODS:Data were collected from the Erlangen Stroke Projec...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Liman TG,Heuschmann PU,Endres M,Flöel A,Schwab S,Kolominsky-Rabas PL

更新日期：2011-01-01 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/AIMS:Verbal fluency patterns can assist in differential diagnosis during neuropsychological assessment and identify individuals at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). While evidence suggests that subjects with AD perform worse on category fluency than letter fluency tasks, the pattern in mild cogni...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Rinehardt E,Eichstaedt K,Schinka JA,Loewenstein DA,Mattingly M,Fils J,Duara R,Schoenberg MR

更新日期：2014-01-01 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