Insular hypoperfusion correlates with the severity of delusions in individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

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：:Recent studies have implicated interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neuro-inflammatory processes surrounding the amyloid plaques contribute to the progression of AD-related neurodegeneration. IL-6 is a multifunctional inflammatory cytokine which possibly acts as a mediator in the local...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Depboylu C,Lohmüller F,Gocke P,Du Y,Zimmer R,Gasser T,Klockgether T,Dodel RC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to identify physical and mental health and lifestyle predictors of transition from normal cognition to mild cognitive disorder (MCD). METHODS:A total of 2,082 individuals, aged 60-64 years, were assessed at 2 time-points 4 years apart for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and other MCDs. ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Cherbuin N,Reglade-Meslin C,Kumar R,Jacomb P,Easteal S,Christensen H,Sachdev P,Anstey KJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：AIM:To determine the applicability and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Disability Assessment of Dementia scale (DAD-I) in a community-residing population with early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:The DAD-I was administered to the primary caregivers of 159 patients (mean age +/- SD 77.1 +...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： De Vreese LP,Caffarra P,Savarè R,Cerutti R,Franceschi M,Grossi E,Multicentre Study Group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 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

abstract：:To elucidate the influence of the alpha1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) polymorphism on Alzheimer-type neuropathological changes and the development of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), we studied the relationship between the ACT polymorphism and the severity of Alzheimer-type neuropathological changes in the brains from AD ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Sodeyama N,Yamada M,Itoh Y,Suematsu N,Matsushita M,Otomo E,Mizusawa H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:White matter injury is an important factor for cognitive impairment in memory clinic patients. We determined the added value of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of strategic white matter tracts in explaining variance in cognition in memory clinic patients with vascular brain injury. METHODS:We included 159 pa...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Biesbroek JM,Leemans A,den Bakker H,Duering M,Gesierich B,Koek HL,van den Berg E,Postma A,Biessels GJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous groups have confirmed that apolipoprotein E allelic variation accounts for a proportion of the genetic risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, there is a paucity of data on the impact of this locus on the overall risk of dementia (as opposed to AD) in the elderly. Most studies have ascertained ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tysoe C,Galinsky D,Robinson D,Brayne C,Huppert FA,Dening T,Paykel ES,Easton DF,Rubinsztein DC

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:The Non-Communicative Patient's Pain Assessment Instrument (NOPPAIN) is a nursing assistant-administered instrument for assessing pain behaviors in patients with dementia. This study investigated the validity of the NOPPAIN. Twenty-one nursing assistants (NAs) with no prior training in using the NOPPAIN watched six vi...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Snow AL,Weber JB,O'Malley KJ,Cody M,Beck C,Bruera E,Ashton C,Kunik ME

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Differences in the gross shape of the corpus callosum (CC) and its subregional areas were investigated on brain MRI of patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and age- and gender-matched healthy normal control subjects. The AD patients differed from the normal control subjects in terms of a more...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tomaiuolo F,Scapin M,Di Paola M,Le Nezet P,Fadda L,Musicco M,Caltagirone C,Collins DL

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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:To evaluate whether dementia patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs have a higher mortality compared to unexposed patients, and to investigate whether there are differences in mortality associated with exposure to conventional versus atypical antipsychotic drugs. METHODS:Retrospective population cohor...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Musicco M,Palmer K,Russo A,Caltagirone C,Adorni F,Pettenati C,Bisanti L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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/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：:In Switzerland (7 million inhabitants), the organization of health care is in the hand of the cantons and not of the Confederation. The canton of Vaud (600,000 inhabitants), in the south-west part of the country, counts 4 psychiatric sectors, each with a psychogeriatric service. Otherwise the canton has 146 long-stay ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Wertheimer J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Because poor lung function may be a risk factor for cognitive decline, we aimed to test the association of respiratory function with cognitive function and dementia later in life, as well as potential effect modification by APOE epsilon4 carrier status. METHODS:In a prospective population-based cohort ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Giltay EJ,Nissinen A,Giampaoli S,Kromhout D

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is generally understood as primarily affecting cognition while sparing motor function, at least until the later stages of the disease. Studies reported over the past 10 years, however, have documented a prevalence of falls in AD patients significantly higher than in age-matched normal elders; ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Sheridan PL,Hausdorff JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lacunar stroke (L) is the most common stroke subtype associated with vascular dementia (VaD-L). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cognitive and behavioral course in patients with probable VaD-L. METHODS:We longitudinally measured rates of change on MMSE, digit span, logical memory, Controlled Oral Word Association...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Aharon-Peretz J,Daskovski E,Mashiach T,Kliot D,Tomer R

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：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：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：: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：BACKGROUND:Bright light treatment is a therapeutic intervention mainly used to treat sleep and circadian disturbances in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Recently, a handful of studies also focused on the effect on cognition and behavior. Conflicting findings are reported in the literature, and no definite conclusion...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mitolo M,Tonon C,La Morgia C,Testa C,Carelli V,Lodi R

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:In a previous study, low-frequency (0.5 Hz) cranial electrostimulation (CES) neither improved the rest-activity rhythm nor reduced the level of salivary cortisol in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). To investigate whether the frequency of CES was responsible for these negative findings, we set ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Scherder E,Knol D,van Tol MJ,van Someren E,Deijen JB,Swaab D,Scheltens P

更新日期：2006-01-01 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