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  1. Relationship between arterial stiffness and cognitive function in elderly subjects with complaints of memory loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Stroke 2005-09-08 Drug development

    Our results showed a relationship between arterial stiffness and cognitive impairment, suggesting that functional changes of the arterial system could be involved in the onset of dementia (VaD or AD types).

  2. The non-motor symptom complex of Parkinson's disease: a comprehensive assessment is essential

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current neurology and neuroscience reports 2005-07-01 Costs and economics

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive disease that usually affects the motor system but is also associated with a non-motor symptom (NMS) complex that ranges from dribbling saliva, constipation, depression, sleep disorders, apathy, hallucinations, and dementia.

  3. Pattern of cerebral hypoperfusion in Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment measured with arterial spin-labeling MR imaging: initial experience

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Radiology 2005-03-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Arterial spin-labeling MR imaging showed regional hypoperfusion with AD, in brain regions similar to those seen in FDG PET and HMPAO SPECT studies of similar populations; this hypoperfusion persists after accounting for underlying cortical gray matter atrophy.

  4. The Relationship between Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cognitive Function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2004-11-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The present review integrates findings of published studies that have evaluated the cognitive function of treated and untreated type 2 diabetic patients and provides a detailed overview of the neuropsychological assessments conducted.

  5. The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) Database: an Alzheimer disease database

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2004-10-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) is responsible for developing and maintaining a database of patient information collected from the 29 Alzheimer disease centers (ADCs) funded by the National Institute on Aging.

  6. REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 2004-09-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia manifested by vivid, often frightening dreams associated with simple or complex motor behavior during REM sleep.

  7. Differential vulnerability of anterior white matter in nondemented aging with minimal acceleration in dementia of the Alzheimer type: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 2004-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    White matter microstructural integrity was assessed using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in 25 young adults, 25 nondemented older adults, and 25 age-matched older adults with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT).

  8. Mapping cortical change in Alzheimer's disease, brain development, and schizophrenia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. NeuroImage 2004-01-01 Prevention and risk

    This paper describes algorithms that can identify patterns of brain structure and function associated with Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, normal aging, and abnormal brain development based on imaging data collected in large human populations.

  9. Memory-related EEG power and coherence reductions in mild Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology 2003-08-01 Digital health tools

    Reduced coherence between central and temporal cortex is discussed in light of a neurological model of AD that hypothesizes reduced electrocortical efficiency and a breakdown of neural network communication to temporal lobes possibly resulting from temporal lobe atrophy.

  10. Melatonin rhythmicity: effect of age and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Experimental gerontology 2003-01-01 Brain scans and imaging

    The circadian rhythm of the pineal gland hormone, melatonin is generated within the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), site of the circadian clock.

  11. Mapping the evolution of regional atrophy in Alzheimer's disease: unbiased analysis of fluid-registered serial MRI

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cerebral atrophy, which may be assessed by using volumetric MRI.

  12. Apathy in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001-12-01 Caregiving

    Apathy, or loss of motivation, is arguably the most common change in behavior in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but is underrecognized.

  13. Morphological and functional retinal impairment in Alzheimer's disease patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2001-10-01 Biomarkers

    Our results suggest that in AD patients, there is a reduction of NFL thickness evaluated in vivo by OCT and this morphological abnormality is related to a retinal dysfunction as revealed by abnormal PERG responses.

  14. Annual Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in the United States Projected to the Years 2000 Through 2050

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders 2001-10-01 Risk factors

    Alzheimer disease will affect increasing numbers of people as baby boomers (persons born between 1946 and 1964) age.

  15. Neuropsychiatric aspects of Huntington's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2001-09-01 Clinical safety

    Neuropsychiatric symptoms are prevalent in Huntington's disease and are relatively independent of cognitive and motor aspects of the disease.

  16. Neuron number in the entorhinal cortex and CA1 in preclinical Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2001-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    There is little or no neuronal loss in aging or preclinical AD but substantial loss in very mild AD.

  17. Three-dimensional mapping of cortical thickness using Laplace's equation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Human brain mapping 2000-09-01 Brain scans and imaging

    We present a novel, computerized method of examining cerebral cortical thickness.

  18. Clock-drawing: is it the ideal cognitive screening test?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2000-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The clock-drawing test meets defined criteria for a cognitive screening instrument.

  19. Bright light therapy: improved sensitivity to its effects on rest-activity rhythms in Alzheimer patients by application of nonparametric methods

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Chronobiology international 1999-07-01 Risk factors

    Sleep-wake rhythm disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) make a strong demand on caregivers and are among the most important reasons for institutionalization.

  20. Reduced dendritic spine density on cerebral cortical pyramidal neurons in schizophrenia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 1998-10-01 Disease mechanisms

    The results support the concept of there being a defect in the fine structure of dendrites of pyramidal neurons, involving loss of spines, in schizophrenia and may help to explain the loss of cortical volume without loss of neurons in this condition, although the effect of neuroleptic drugs cannot be ruled out.

  21. Regional distribution of neuritic plaques in the nondemented elderly and subjects with very mild Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1998-09-01 Health systems and care delivery

    These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that NPs are among the earliest neuropathological lesions in AD.

  22. EEG coherence in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Electroencephalography and clinical neurophysiology 1998-03-01 Brain scans and imaging

    EEG coherence can be used to evaluate the functionality of cortical connections and to get information about the synchronization of the regional cortical activity.

  23. Loss of the presynaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin in hippocampus correlates with cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 1997-08-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    We tested the hypothesis that synaptic defects in the hippocampus of individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) correlate with the severity of cognitive impairment.

  24. Central cholinergic systems and cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annual review of psychology 1997-01-01 Risk factors

    The organization and possible functions of basal forebrain and pontine cholinergic systems are reviewed.

  25. Variations in circadian rhythms of activity, sleep, and light exposure related to dementia in nursing-home patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Sleep 1997-01-01 Health systems and care delivery

    We measured 24-hour circadian-rhythm patterns of activity and sleep/wake activity in a group of nursing-home patients (58 women and 19 men with a mean age of 85.7 years).

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