Defeating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a priority for European science and society

B Winblad, P Amouyel, S Andrieu, C Ballard… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, and
because the primary risk factor for AD is old age, the prevalence of the disease is increasing …

Considering sex and gender in Alzheimer disease and other dementias

JL Podcasy, CN Epperson - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Suffering related to dementia is multifaceted because cognitive and physical functioning
slowly deteriorates. Advanced age and sex, two of the most prominent risk factors for …

Global status report on the public health response to dementia

World Health Organization - 2021 - digitalcommons.fiu.edu
The increasing global prevalence of dementia and consequent social and economic impacts
on people living with dementia and their families pose significant challenges for societies …

Executive functions in Alzheimer disease: A systematic review

A Guarino, F Favieri, I Boncompagni… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease is a severe irreversible syndrome, characterized by a slow and
progressive cognitive decline that interferes with the standard instrumental and essential …

The worldwide economic impact of dementia 2010

A Wimo, L Jönsson, J Bond, M Prince, B Winblad… - Alzheimer's & …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To acquire an understanding of the societal costs of dementia and how they
affect families, health and social care services, and governments to improve the lives of …

Methylomic profiling implicates cortical deregulation of ANK1 in Alzheimer's disease

K Lunnon, R Smith, E Hannon, PL De Jager… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by
progressive neuropathology and cognitive decline. We performed a cross-tissue analysis of …

[PDF][PDF] World Alzheimer report 2013: Journey of caring: an analysis of long-term care for dementia

M Prince, M Prina, M Guerchet - 2013 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
The Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care, hosted at the Health Service and
Population Research Department, King's College London, was founded in 2013. Supported …

A Bayesian account of 'hysteria'

MJ Edwards, RA Adams, H Brown, I Pareés, KJ Friston - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
This article provides a neurobiological account of symptoms that have been called
'hysterical','psychogenic'or 'medically unexplained', which we will call functional motor and …

The prevalence and incidence of dementia with Lewy bodies: a systematic review of population and clinical studies

SAV Jones, JT O'brien - Psychological medicine, 2014 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is increasingly recognized as a common
cause of dementia in older people. However, its true frequency remains unclear, with …

Predictors of caregiver burden in aged caregivers of demented older patients

CF Tsai, WS Hwang, JJ Lee, WF Wang, LC Huang… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Dementia in the oldest-old is projected to increase exponentially as is the
burden of their caregivers who may experience unique challenges and suffering. Thus, we …