Alzheimer's disease

CL Masters, R Bateman, K Blennow… - Nature reviews disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic illness with long preclinical and prodromal phases (20
years) and an average clinical duration of 8–10 years. The disease has an estimated …

Atypical aging in Down syndrome

WB Zigman - Developmental disabilities research reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
At present, there may be over 210,000 people with Down syndrome (DS) over the age of 55
in the United States (US) who have significant needs for augmented services due to …

Behavioral and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's dementia and vascular dementia

WJ Deardorff, GT Grossberg - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2019 - Elsevier
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are highly prevalent and
represent a significant burden for patients and their caregivers. Early recognition and …

Error-prone protein synthesis recapitulates early symptoms of Alzheimer disease in aging mice

M Brilkova, M Nigri, HS Kumar, J Moore, M Mantovani… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Age-related neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are associated with the aggregation and
propagation of specific pathogenic protein species (eg, Aβ, α-synuclein). However, whether …

Interventions targeting pain or behaviour in dementia: a systematic review

MJC Pieper, AH van Dalen-Kok, AL Francke… - Ageing research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Both pain and challenging behaviour are highly prevalent in dementia, and
multiple studies show that some of these behaviours may be correlated. Pain, especially in …

Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, and mixed dementia

CJ Anor, S O'Connor, A Saund, DF Tang-Wai… - Neurodegenerative …, 2017 - karger.com
Abstract Background/Aims: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common in Alzheimer
disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), and are distressful to patients and caregivers …

Alzheimer's disease or behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia? Review of key points toward an accurate clinical and neuropsychological diagnosis

G Musa, A Slachevsky, C Muñoz-Neira… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the most common
neurodegenerative earlyonset dementias. Despite the fact that both conditions have a very …

Association of variation in behavioral symptoms with initial cognitive phenotype in adults with dementia confirmed by neuropathology

JA Pillai, J Bena, K Rothenberg, B Boron… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs) in association
with amnestic and nonamnestic cognitive phenotypes have not been evaluated across …

Neuropsychiatric aspects of dementia

AH Ford - Maturitas, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Dementia affects approximately 6.5% of people over the age of 65. Whilst cognitive
impairment is central to the dementia concept, neuropsychiatric symptoms are invariably …

Treatment patterns and burden of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia in the United States: a claims database analysis

MS Aigbogun, R Stellhorn, A Hartry, RA Baker, H Fillit - BMC neurology, 2019 - Springer
Background Although patients with dementia frequently experience neuropsychological
symptoms (NPS) such as agitation, which profoundly impacts patients, caregivers, and the …