Psychogeriatric organization in the medico-social network: the experience of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is regarded as a precursor to dementia, but not all patients with MCI develop dementia. We followed up 165 elderly outpatients with MCI for a mean of 3 years. The aims were (1) to investigate the risk of conversion to dementia for different MCI subtypes diagnosed according to standardiz...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ravaglia G,Forti P,Maioli F,Martelli M,Servadei L,Brunetti N,Pantieri G,Mariani E

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the relationship between serum levels of two neurotrophic factors, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), and carotid atherosclerosis and cognitive function in the elderly. METHODS:Serum levels of IGF-1 and HGF, carotid artery intima-media thickness (...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Watanabe T,Yamamoto H,Idei T,Iguchi T,Katagiri T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To investigate neuroanatomical substrates of unawareness of memory deficits in patients with early Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:We compared regional perfusion deficits between AD patients with awareness (n = 19) and unawareness (n = 19). SPECT data were analyzed by statistical brain imaging method...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Hanyu H,Sato T,Akai T,Shimizu S,Hirao K,Kanetaka H,Iwamoto T,Koizumi K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

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：:A correlation between a 5-nucleotide deletion polymorphism in the A2M gene and an enhanced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) was reported. We studied this polymorphism in sporadic AD patients and patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) by using an electrophoretical separation of PCR products on a Metapho...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nicosia F,Alberici A,Benussi L,Gasparini L,Ghidoni R,Mazzoli F,Zanetti O,Frisoni GB,Geroldi C,Binetti G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Different studies have proven the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation (CS) for people with mild to moderate dementia, but further research is needed to gain insight into how CS interventions should be designed and developed. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to gather and analyze data about th...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tato-Colín S,Hurtado-Aznar LA,García-Rodríguez I,Benavides-Cuéllar C,Sánchez-Valdeón L

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:There is an association between elevated plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) and vascular disease in elderly patients suffering from organic and non-organic mental disease. The main objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between plasma tHcy concentration and vascular disease in elder...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Nilsson K,Gustafson L,Hultberg B

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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: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：: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/AIMS:The aim of the study was to investigate the association of postoperative delirium with the outcomes of cognitive impairment, functional disability and death. METHODS:Hip surgery patients aged 60 years or over (n = 200) underwent preoperative and daily postoperative assessment of their cognitive status ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Bickel H,Gradinger R,Kochs E,Förstl H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe central nervous system (CNS) drug consumption patterns depending on the time to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and to check whether the cases diagnosed later are associated with greater severity and consuming more CNS drugs. METHODS:Cross-sectional study using 952 cases of the Registry of Deme...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Calvó-Perxas L,López-Pousa S,Vilalta-Franch J,Turró-Garriga O,Blankenburg M,Febrer L,Flaqué M,Vallmajó N,Aguirregomozcorta M,Genís D,Casas I,Perkal H,Coromina J,Garre-Olmo J,Registry of Dementias of Girona Study Group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：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：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The NMDA receptor is composed of several subunits, of which the receptor 2b subunit (NR2b) is of particular significance for AD. Abundant in the hippocampus of normal subjects, reductions in NR2b have ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Tsai SJ,Liu HC,Liu TY,Cheng CY,Hong CJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the epsilon4 variant of apolipoprotein E as a genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggests that cholesterol may play a direct role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Recent studies have suggested that the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein G5 (ABCG5) may be involved in th...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Ohkubo T,Shibata N,Ohnuma T,Higashi S,Usui C,Ueki A,Nagao M,Arai H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predominant and progressive complex visual disorders are often due to posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), a rare early-onset dementing syndrome presenting with visual complaints. In clinicopathological studies, PCA is most commonly considered a form of Alzheimer's disease (AD); no prior study has evaluated cli...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Mendez MF,Ghajarania M,Perryman KM

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We identified and studied 13 patients carrying the P301L mutation in the MAPT gene from the same area (Baix Llobregat County) in Barcelona, Spain. METHODS:The demographic and clinical features were reviewed retrospectively. Detailed neuropathological characterization was obtained in 9 subjects. To inve...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Borrego-Écija S,Morgado J,Palencia-Madrid L,Grau-Rivera O,Reñé R,Hernández I,Almenar C,Balasa M,Antonell A,Molinuevo JL,Lladó A,Martínez de Pancorbo M,Gelpi E,Sánchez-Valle R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of ubiquitin-positive inclusions (UPI) in dementia lacking distinctive histology (DLDH), and their relationship to other pathologic features, such as hippocampal sclerosis (HpScl), as well as genetic factors. Routine and immunohistochemical studies were carried out ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Josephs KA,Jones AG,Dickson DW

更新日期：2004-01-01 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:The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is characterized by impaired word-finding and sentence repetition with phonologic errors but spared motor speech and grammar and semantic knowledge. Although its language deficits have been well studied, the full spectrum of cognitive changes ...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Montreuil S,Poulin E,Bergeron D,Sellami L,Verret L,Fortin MP,Poulin S,Macoir J,Hudon C,Bouchard RW,Lavoie M,Laforce R

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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:Lifestyle and vascular factors have been linked to dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the role of dietary fats in the development of dementia is less clear. METHODS:Participants were derived from random, population-based samples initially studied in midlife (1972, 1977, 1982, or 1987). Fat intake fr...

journal_title：Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

authors： Laitinen MH,Ngandu T,Rovio S,Helkala EL,Uusitalo U,Viitanen M,Nissinen A,Tuomilehto J,Soininen H,Kivipelto M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00