Brain mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of symptom-general and–specific lesion patterns

Y Chen, M Dang, Z Zhang - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) are common in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and are associated with accelerated cognitive impairment and earlier deaths. This review …

Affective and emotional dysregulation as pre-dementia risk markers: exploring the mild behavioral impairment symptoms of depression, anxiety, irritability, and …

Z Ismail, J Gatchel, DR Bateman… - International …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Background: Affective and emotional symptoms such as depression, anxiety, euphoria, and
irritability are common neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in pre-dementia and cognitively …

The neuropsychiatric inventory: development and applications

J Cummings - Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Reasons for the Study: The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) has been used for studies of
neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative disorders for the past 25 years. This article …

Agitation and dementia: prevention and treatment strategies in acute and chronic conditions

C Carrarini, M Russo, F Dono, F Barbone… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Agitation is a behavioral syndrome characterized by increased, often undirected, motor
activity, restlessness, aggressiveness, and emotional distress. According to several …

New approaches to symptomatic treatments for Alzheimer's disease

J Cummings - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Background Successful development of agents that improve cognition and behavior in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is critical to improving the lives of patients manifesting the …

Agitation in cognitive disorders: Progress in the International Psychogeriatric Association consensus clinical and research definition

M Sano, J Cummings, S Auer, S Bergh… - International …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Background: The International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) published a provisional
consensus definition of agitation in cognitive disorders in 2015. As proposed by the original …

Mild behavioral impairment is associated with progression to Alzheimer's disease: a clinicopathological study

M Ruthirakuhan, Z Ismail, N Herrmann… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Mild behavioral impairment (MBI) is characterized by later‐life emergence of
neuropsychiatric symptoms. Investigating its relationship with progression to Alzheimer's …

Neuropsychiatric symptoms in the dementias

F Assal, JL Cummings - Current opinion in neurology, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Future research directions include both clinical and basic neuroscience investigations. The
detection of early neuropsychiatric symptoms might be a marker for dementia, and the …

Agitation and impulsivity in mid and late life as possible risk markers for incident dementia

DR Bateman, S Gill, S Hu, ED Foster… - … Research & Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To identify knowledge gaps regarding new‐onset agitation and impulsivity prior to onset of
cognitive impairment or dementia the International Society to Advance Alzheimer's …

Association between regional tau pathology and neuropsychiatric symptoms in aging and dementia due to Alzheimer's disease

C Tissot, J Therriault, TA Pascoal… - … Research & Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are frequent in aging and Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Here we study the relationship between NPS and AD pathologies in vivo …