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  1. Cerebral small vessel disease and chronic kidney disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of stroke 2015-01-30 Vascular contributions

    Chronic kidney disease, defined by a decreased glomerular filtration rate or albuminuria, is recognized as a major global health burden, mainly because it is an established risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

  2. Traumatic brain injury and reserve

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Handbook of clinical neurology 2015 Risk factors

    The potential role of brain and cognitive reserve in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is reviewed.

  3. The default mode network is disrupted in Parkinson's disease with visual hallucinations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Human brain mapping 2014-07-01 Brain scans and imaging

    There were no group differences in cortical thickness but functional coactivation within components of the DMN was significantly lower in both PDVH and PDnonVH groups compared to HC.

  4. Vascular cognitive impairment in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Maturitas 2014-06-14 Vascular contributions

    Vascular risk factors and cerebrovascular disease are common causes of dementia.

  5. Cognitive reserve and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2014-05-04 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), as a neurodegenerative process caused by widespread senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, is faced with an increasingly higher incidence as the global aging develops.

  6. Cognitive reserve and clinical expression of Alzheimer's disease: evidence and implications for brain PET imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2014-04-25 Risk factors

    Cognitive reserve (CR) refers to the hypothesized capacity of an adult brain to cope with brain damage in order to minimize symptomatology.

  7. Cognitive functioning and late-life depression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2014-03-31 Risk factors

    This brief report provides an introduction to the topic of cognitive functioning in late-life depression (LLD).

  8. Ocular motor disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Current opinion in neurology 2014-02 Brain scans and imaging

    Studying eye movements can provide insight into how the normal brain works, how diseases affect eye movements, and how eye movement abnormalities can be used to study diseases and/or their treatments.

  9. Computerized Neurocognitive Test (CNT) in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Dementia & neuropsychologia 2014 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Currently, computerized batteries are of great value in detecting cognitive impairment.

  10. Cardiovascular risk profile in women and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2014 Risk factors

    There is growing evidence for the importance of cardiovascular risk factors in dementia development, including Alzheimer's disease.

  11. Aberrant functional organization within and between resting-state networks in AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. PloS one 2013-05-07 Brain scans and imaging

    Altered functional characteristics have been reported in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD); nonetheless, comprehensive analyses of the resting-state networks (RSNs) are rare.

  12. Functional network connectivity in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2012-10-24 Brain scans and imaging

    A decreased dorsal salience network (DSN) connectivity, mainly involving the anterior cingulum, was observed in bvFTD versus controls and pAD.

  13. What is 'early onset dementia'?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society 2009-06 Risk genes beyond APOE

    There are two types of dementia with early onset: (i) presenile dementias; and (ii) senile dementias with early onset.

  14. Depression and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of the neurological sciences 2009-04-05 Risk factors

    Depression and cognitive impairment are both common conditions in old age, and frequently occur together.

  15. Facilitating aerobic exercise training in older adults with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 2009-03-09 Prevention trials

    Emerging science suggests that aerobic exercise might modify the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and improve cognition.

  16. Cognitive reserve and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2006 Risk factors

    Epidemiologic evidence suggests that individuals with higher IQ, education, occupational attainment, or participation in leisure activities have a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD).

  17. Management of referred deep brain stimulation failures: a retrospective analysis from 2 movement disorders centers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2005-06-13 Treatments

    An increasing number of patients come to experienced DBS centers after unsatisfactory results from DBS surgery.

  18. Hypertension, hypertension-clustering factors and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neurological research 2003-09 Risk factors

    Hypertension is a risk factor for stroke, ischemic white matter lesions, silent infarcts, general atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

  19. Aging, dementia, and brain atrophy: a longitudinal computed tomographic study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 1983 Brain scans and imaging

    Studies involving linear measurements of ventricular size and a volumetric measurement of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space were performed on elderly subjects with mild dementia of the Alzheimer type and on age-matched controls.

  20. Sleep apnea: relationship to age, sex, and Alzheimer's dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Sleep 1983 Risk factors

    The relationship of sleep apnea to age, sex, and Alzheimer's dementia was investigated in 45 elderly subjects and 10 young males, all nonobese, normotensive, nonsmoking, with no sleep complaints and no medical problems other than Alzheimer's disease.

  21. Network abnormalities and interneuron dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2016-11-10 Brain scans and imaging

    The function of neural circuits and networks can be controlled, in part, by modulating the synchrony of their components' activities.

  22. Sleep: A Novel Mechanistic Pathway, Biomarker, and Treatment Target in the Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Trends in neurosciences 2016-06-17 Brain scans and imaging

    Sleep disruption appears to be a core component of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its pathophysiology.

  23. Ensembles of Deep Learning Architectures for the Early Diagnosis of the Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International journal of neural systems 2016-04-04 Digital health tools

    Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) constitutes an important tool for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), which, in turn, allows the application of treatments that can be simpler and more likely to be effective.

  24. Lewy Body Dementias: Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson Disease Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2016-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    This article provides an overview of the clinical features, neuropathologic findings, diagnostic criteria, and management of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson disease dementia (PDD), together known as the Lewy body dementias.

  25. Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Disorders of Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM 2016-03-03 Risk factors

    Sleep-wake cycles are known to be disrupted in people with neurodegenerative disorders.

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