Executive control function: a review of its promise and challenges for clinical research. A report from the Committee on Research of the American Neuropsychiatric …

DR Royall, EC Lauterbach… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
This report reviews the state of the literature and opportunities for research related to
“executive control function”(ECF). ECF has recently been separated from the specific …

Neuroimaging studies of mood disorder effects on the brain

YI Sheline - Biological psychiatry, 2003 - Elsevier
Studies of early-onset recurrent depression, late life depression associated with neurologic
disorders, and bipolar illness have revealed structural brain changes within a …

Correlation between elevated levels of amyloid β-peptide in the brain and cognitive decline

J Näslund, V Haroutunian, R Mohs, KL Davis, P Davies… - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
ContextAlzheimer disease (AD) is characterized neuropathologically by the presence of
amyloid β-peptide (Aβ)–containing plaques and neurofibrillary tangles composed of …

β-amyloid imaging and memory in non-demented individuals: evidence for preclinical Alzheimer's disease

KE Pike, G Savage, VL Villemagne, S Ng, SA Moss… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition is pathognomic for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but may
occur in normal elderly people without apparent cognitive effect. Episodic memory …

Atypical and typical presentations of Alzheimer's disease: a clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging and pathological study of 13 cases

CJ Galton, K Patterson, JH Xuereb, JR Hodges - Brain, 2000 - academic.oup.com
There has been increasing awareness that some slowly progressive focal cortical
syndromes can be the presenting features of Alzheimer's disease, but pathological evidence …

Plasma cortisol and progression of dementia in subjects with Alzheimer-type dementia

JG Csernansky, H Dong, AM Fagan… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Studies of subjects with dementia of the Alzheimer type have reported
correlations between increases in activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis …

Veridical and false memories in healthy older adults and in dementia of the Alzheimer's type

DA Balota, MJ Cortese, JM Duchek… - Cognitive …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Five groups of participants (young, healthy old, healthy old-old, very mild Dementia of the
Alzheimer's Type, Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type) studied and were tested on six 12 …

Clinical and pathological evidence for a frontal variant of Alzheimer disease

JK Johnson, E Head, R Kim, A Starr… - Archives of …, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate the clinical and pathological features of a subgroup of patients with
Alzheimer disease (AD) who exhibited early and disproportionately severe impairments on …

The effects of aging and Alzheimer's disease on cerebral cortical anatomy: specificity and differential relationships with cognition

A Bakkour, JC Morris, DA Wolk, BC Dickerson - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Although both normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are associated with regional
cortical atrophy, few studies have directly compared the spatial patterns and magnitude of …

Inflammation, depression and dementia: are they connected?

BE Leonard - Neurochemical research, 2007 - Springer
Chronic inflammation is now considered to be central to the pathogenesis not only of such
medical disorders as cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and cancer but …