The Montreal Cognitive Assessment and the mini-mental state examination as screening instruments for cognitive impairment: item analyses and threshold scores.

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：BACKGROUND:Studies of associations between serum lipids and Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other dementias in the elderly show conflicting results, perhaps due to misclassification of the various dementias. METHODS:For 358 nursing home residents, serum lipids were studied at admission and diagnoses established at autopsy...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Lesser GT,Haroutunian V,Purohit DP,Schnaider Beeri M,Schmeidler J,Honkanen L,Neufeld R,Libow LS

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：: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：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：:Abnormal tau hyperphosphorylation has been suggested as being one of the central events in the development of neurofibrillary tangles, which are one of the characteristic neuropathological lesions found in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains. 14-3-3 zeta protein is associated with tau in brain and stimulates tau phosphory...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mateo I,Sánchez-Juan P,Rodríguez-Rodríguez E,Infante J,Fernández-Viadero C,Peña N,Berciano J,Combarros O

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：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：: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：: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: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：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: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 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/AIM:The prevalence of cognitive symptoms in recently diagnosed Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may be as high as 60%. We report a novel deep brain stimulation (DBS) strategy targeting both motor and cognitive symptoms. METHODS:A PD patient diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment underwent DBS surgery tar...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nombela C,Lozano A,Villanueva C,Barcia JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 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/AIM:3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) are thought to reduce the amount of Abeta peptides by reducing cholesterol from blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid. We performed this meta-analysis to evaluate the preventive and treatment effects of statins on dementia and Alzheimer dise...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Zhou B,Teramukai S,Fukushima M

更新日期：2007-01-01 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: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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Current findings suggest the existence of a category of fast cognitive decliners with a poorer prognosis but better treatment response. Our study aimed at confirming the concept of fast decliners at the time of Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis which best predicts mortality, in an unselected sample. M...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Carcaillon L,Pérès K,Péré JJ,Helmer C,Orgogozo JM,Dartigues JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the clinical and structural brain magnetic resonance imaging correlates of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The data presented here are from the first wave of the longitudinal Personality and Total Health through Life 60+ project. 2,551 community-dwelling individuals in ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kumar R,Parslow RA,Jorm AF,Rosenman SJ,Maller J,Meslin C,Anstey KJ,Christensen H,Sachdev PS

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Although some patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) exhibit novel or improved skills after the onset of dementia, these changes have yet to be quantified. Therefore, this study systematically explored and identified the emergence of positive behaviours after dementia onset. METHODS:This study...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Midorikawa A,Kumfor F,Leyton CE,Foxe D,Landin-Romero R,Hodges JR,Piguet O

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the accuracy of an extended version of the Delayed Word Recall (DWR) test in distinguishing patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Mini Mental State Examination score > or = 23) from community-dwelling depressed/dysthymic patients. The DWR test was administered to 26 non-depre...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Coen RF,Kirby M,Swanwick GR,Maguire CP,Walsh JB,Coakley D,O'Neill D,Lawlor BA

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the differences in patients' behavioral problems and health outcomes of family caregivers of patients with vascular dementia (VaD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:A secondary analysis of baseline data on a subsample of caregiver-dementia patient dyads in a randomized clinical tri...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Kuo LM,Huang HL,Hsu WC,Shyu YI

更新日期：2014-01-01 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