Alzheimer's disease

JAS Lopez, HM González, GC Léger - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia refers to a particular onset and course of cognitive and
functional decline associated with age together with a particular neuropathology. It was first …

The cholinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, MM Mesulam, AC Cuello, MR Farlow… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cholinergic synapses are ubiquitous in the human central nervous system. Their high
density in the thalamus, striatum, limbic system, and neocortex suggest that cholinergic …

Amyloid and tau PET-positive cognitively unimpaired individuals are at high risk for future cognitive decline

R Ossenkoppele, A Pichet Binette, C Groot, R Smith… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
A major unanswered question in the dementia field is whether cognitively unimpaired
individuals who harbor both Alzheimer's disease neuropathological hallmarks (that is …

Global estimates on the number of persons across the Alzheimer's disease continuum

A Gustavsson, N Norton, T Fast, L Frölich… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Global estimates on numbers of persons in early stages of Alzheimer's disease
(AD), including prodromal and preclinical, are lacking, yet are needed to inform policy …

Cognitive decline and dementia in diabetes mellitus: mechanisms and clinical implications

GJ Biessels, F Despa - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018 - nature.com
Cognitive dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an important comorbidity of diabetes
mellitus. Different stages of diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction exist, each with …

2018 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

Alzheimer's Association - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2018 - Elsevier
This article describes the public health impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including
incidence and prevalence, mortality and morbidity, costs of care, and the overall impact on …

A prospective study of long-term outcomes among hospitalized COVID-19 patients with and without neurological complications

JA Frontera, D Yang, A Lewis, P Patel… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Little is known regarding long-term outcomes of patients hospitalized with
COVID-19. Methods We conducted a prospective study of 6-month outcomes of hospitalized …

Association of amyloid positron emission tomography with subsequent change in clinical management among medicare beneficiaries with mild cognitive impairment …

GD Rabinovici, C Gatsonis, C Apgar, K Chaudhary… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) detects amyloid plaques in the
brain, a core neuropathological feature of Alzheimer disease. Objective To determine if …

Combined physical and cognitive training for older adults with and without cognitive impairment: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized …

HM Gavelin, C Dong, R Minkov, A Bahar-Fuchs… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Combining physical exercise with cognitive training is a popular intervention in dementia
prevention trials and guidelines. However, it remains unclear what combination strategies …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women

Y Yan, X Wang, D Chaput, MK Shin, Y Koh, L Gan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although women experience significantly higher tau burden and increased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men, the underlying mechanism for this vulnerability has not …