Alzheimer's & Cognition
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Anticholinergic drugs linked to dementia in older populations
“Associations were stronger in [dementia] cases diagnosed before the age of 80 years,” the researchers noted.
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Hippocampal cerebral blood flow upped with antihypertensive use in Alzheimer’s
Blood flow to the hippocampus increased by approximately 20% after 6 months of treatment with nilvadipine, according to a preplanned substudy of...
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A/T/N system predicts cognitive decline
A test of the new A/T/N research model of dementia predicted rates of cognitive decline within its subgroups over a period of nearly 5 years.
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CSF neurofilament light level could aid in diagnosis
The level of neurofilament light in CSF may distinguish frontotemporal dementia from other dementias and Parkinson’s disease from atypical...
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Restless legs syndrome in MS linked to cognitive impairment
SEATTLE – Sleep dysfunction could be the key link, study suggests.
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Coding variants in apolipoprotein B may be associated with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
The finding may help fill out the genetic risk picture for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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Biomarkers support impact of concussions on cognitive function
Former athletes with history of concussion had higher CSF t-tau levels and lower cognitive function scores than did controls.
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Experts propose new definition and recommendations for Alzheimer’s-like disorder
Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) has been coined as a new term to raise awareness and spur research into this recently...
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Out-of-pocket costs for neurologic medications rise sharply
The average cost for multiple sclerosis therapies increased 20-fold, from $15/month in 2004 to $309/month in 2016.
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AD biomarker not tied to increased interest in physician-assisted death
When asked whether they had considered PAD, nearly two-thirds of interviewees with the Alzheimer’s disease biomarker stated that they neither had...
Literature Review
TMS is associated with improved recollection in older adults
Behavioral and neural correlates of recollection changed after five sessions of hippocampal-cortical network stimulation, but recognition was...