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Dementia Notes: Cognition and neuropsychiatry in behavioral variant FTD by disease stage
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Cognition and neuropsychiatry in behavioral variant FTD by disease stage. Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Loach IV et al. Neurology, 2016; 86: 600-610. Authors examined a cohort of 204 patients with clinical dementia rating. Early stages of the disease were characterized by profound neuropsychiatric symptoms, insensitivity to errors, slower response times and poor naming. Cognition and neuropsychiatry in behavioral varian.
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Dementia Notes: June 2014
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Thursday, June 12, 2014. Posterior cortical atrophy review paper. Http:/ ac.els-cdn.com/S1474442211702897/1-s2.0-S1474442211702897-main.pdf? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Posterior cortical atrophy review paper. Other neurological blogs also by me.
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Dementia Notes: donepezil for LBD
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Saturday, September 29, 2012. Donepezil for dementia with Lewy bodies: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Mori E, Ikeda M, Kosaka K, on behalf of the Donepezil-DLB Study Investigators; Annals of Neurology 72 (1), 41-52 (Jul 2012). Comment- donepezil- which is available as a once daily generic, is effective in LBD, therefore the more expensive rivastigmine patch is not needed. AFIB and cognitive decline without stroke. Mitazepine for weight loss in AD.
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Dementia Notes: raloxifene and cognition
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Saturday, September 29, 2012. Raloxifene improves verbal memory in late postmenopausal women: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Jacobsen DE, Samson MM, Emmelot-Vonk MH, Verhaar HJ; Menopause (Nov 2009). AFIB and cognitive decline without stroke. Mitazepine for weight loss in AD. Higher vitamin D level protective against AD? Memantin plus vitamin D in Alzheimers disease. Other neurological blogs also by me.
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Dementia Notes: Vascular risk factors in suspected NPH
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Vascular risk factors in suspected NPH. Jaraj D, Agerskov A, Rabiei K et al. Vascular risk factors in suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus. A population based study. Neurology 2016; 86: 592-599. Authors found that hypertension, white matter lesions on MRI and diabetes were related to clinical and imaging features of NPH suggesting vascuar mechanisms;. Neurology 2016; 86: 588-89. In a human study, patients with iNPH but without ...
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Dementia Notes: November 2014
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Monday, November 03, 2014. Alz biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus. Graff-Radford NR. Alzheimer CSF biomarkers may be misleading in normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Neurology 2014; 83:1573-1575. Nice clinical practical pearl. In NPH the whole idea of evaluation is to separate out bad surgical candidates from good ones by identifying Alzheimer's patients and others. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Alz biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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Dementia Notes: Higher vitamin D level protective against AD?
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Saturday, September 29, 2012. Higher vitamin D level protective against AD? Higher Vitamin D Dietary Intake Is Associated With Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease: A 7-Year Follow-up. Annweiler C, Rolland Y, Schott AM, Blain H, Vellas B, Herrmann FR, Beauchet O; Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (Apr 2012). Comment see associated article about treating with memantine and vitamin D. Mitazepine for weight loss in AD.
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Dementia Notes: Alz biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Monday, November 03, 2014. Alz biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus. Graff-Radford NR. Alzheimer CSF biomarkers may be misleading in normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Neurology 2014; 83:1573-1575. Nice clinical practical pearl. In NPH the whole idea of evaluation is to separate out bad surgical candidates from good ones by identifying Alzheimer's patients and others. Alz biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus. Other neurological blogs also by me.
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Dementia Notes: December 2012
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Blog of my own reading of dementia literature. Tuesday, December 25, 2012. PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom - December 19, 2012 - New research suggests that the cognitive test used in Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug trials is flawed. The current standard cognitive test for the disease is the ADAS Cog. The new research, published as 2 studies in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Investigates the role of the test and questions its effectiveness. In the second study, th...
