Listar por tema "Enfermedad de Alzheimer"
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Neurovascular dysfunction and vascular amyloid accumulation as early events in Alzheimer's disease
(Metabolic Brain Disease, 2021-07)Alzheimer's disease (AD) is clinically characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive functions and short-term memory. AD patients present two distinctive neuropathological lesions: neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary ... -
The neurovascular unit dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
(International Journal o f Molecular Sciences, 2021-02-16)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide. Histopathologically, AD presents with two hallmarks: neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and aggregates of amyloid peptide (A ) both in the ... -
Packages of care for dementia in low- and middle-income countries.
(PolS Medicine, 2009)This is the fifth in a series of articles highlighting the delivery of "packages of care" for mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Packages of care are combinations of treatments aimed at improving ... -
Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey.
(BMC Neurology, 2009)1) To report site-specific normative values by age, sex and educational level for four components of the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery; 2) to estimate the main and interactive effects of age, sex, ... -
Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middleincome countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020-04)To date, dementia prediction models have been exclusively developed and tested in high-income countries (HICs). However, most people with dementia live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where dementia risk ... -
Programa psicoeducativo para familias con integrante con alzheimer en el Instituto del Abuelo. Santo domingo, marzo-julio 2013.
(Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña, 2013-08)Se aplicaron escalas (nivel de sobrecarga del cuidador de Zarit y escala de Ansiedad de Hamilton) y un cuestionario (Cuestionario del perfil del cuidador) a 20 cuidadores de ambos sexos que actualmente llevan a sus ... -
Progranulin mutations in clinical and neuropathological Alzheimer’s disease
(Alzheimers Dement., 2022-12-10)Progranulin (GRN) mutations occur in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), often with TDP-43 pathology. We determined the frequency of rs5848 and rare, pathogenic GRN mutations in two ... -
Rare genetic variation in fibronectin 1 (FN1) protects against APOEε4 in Alzheimer’s disease
(Acta Neuropathologica, 2024-03)The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) significantly increases in individuals carrying the APOEε4 allele. Elderly cognitively healthy individuals with APOEε4 also exist, suggesting the presence of cellular ...