Lifestyle interventions to prevent cognitive impairment, dementia and Alzheimer disease

M Kivipelto, F Mangialasche, T Ngandu - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Research into dementia prevention is of paramount importance if the dementia epidemic is
to be halted. Observational studies have identified several potentially modifiable risk factors …

Facing up to the global challenges of ageing

L Partridge, J Deelen, PE Slagboom - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Longer human lives have led to a global burden of late-life disease. However, some older
people experience little ill health, a trait that should be extended to the general population …

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 …

Sex differences in Alzheimer disease—the gateway to precision medicine

MT Ferretti, MF Iulita, E Cavedo, PA Chiesa… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by wide heterogeneity in cognitive and behavioural
syndromes, risk factors and pathophysiological mechanisms. Addressing this phenotypic …

Nutrition and prevention of cognitive impairment

N Scarmeas, CA Anastasiou… - The Lancet Neurology, 2018 - thelancet.com
Nutrition is an important lifestyle factor that can modify the risk of future cognitive impairment
and dementia. Some, but not conclusive, evidence (mostly from observational studies and …

Intermittent metabolic switching, neuroplasticity and brain health

MP Mattson, K Moehl, N Ghena… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
During evolution, individuals whose brains and bodies functioned well in a fasted state were
successful in acquiring food, enabling their survival and reproduction. With fasting and …

Vascular cognitive impairment

WM Van Der Flier, I Skoog, JA Schneider… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The term vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) was introduced around the start of the new
millennium and refers to the contribution of vascular pathology to any severity of cognitive …

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and noncardiac surgery

LA Evered, BS Silbert - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is an objectively measured decline in cognition
postoperatively compared with preoperative function. POCD has been considered in the …

Plasma phospho-tau181 increases with Alzheimer's disease clinical severity and is associated with tau-and amyloid-positron emission tomography

MM Mielke, CE Hagen, J Xu, X Chai, P Vemuri… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction We examined and compared plasma phospho-tau181 (pTau181) and total
tau:(1) across the Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical spectrum;(2) in relation to brain amyloid …

Disease modification in Parkinson's disease: current approaches, challenges, and future considerations

AE Lang, AJ Espay - Movement Disorders, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The greatest unmet therapeutic need in Parkinson's disease is the development of treatment
that slows the relentless progression of the neurodegenerative process. The concept of …