Listar por tema "Enfermedad de Alzheimer"

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    • Ageing and dementia in low and middle income countries - Using research to engage with public and policy makers. 

      Prince, Martin J.; Acosta, Daisy; Albanese, Emiliano; Arizaga, Raúl; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Jiménez Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Sousa, Renata M.; Uwakwe, Richard; Van der Poel, Rikus; Williams, Joseph D.; Wortmann, Marc (In ternational Review of Psychiatry, 2008)
      While two thirds of the 24 million people with dementia worldwide live in low and middle income countries, very little research has been conducted to support policy making in these regions. Among the non-communicable ...

    • Alzheimer y otras demencias: aislamiento, soledad social y política pública 

      Jiménez-Velázquez, Ivonne; E. Schenk, Christian (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023-07)
      La tarea de vivir en comunidad se ha retado en un mundo que complicado con la resurgencia de un contagio viral global. Para algunos obligación moral y social, el vivir en comunidad nunca ha sido más importante para el ...

    • Alzheimer’s disease: an updated overview of its genetics 

      Guerrero, Jesús Andrade; Balmaseda, Alberto Santiago; Aguilar, Paola Jeronimo; Vargas-Rodríguez, Isaac; Cadena-Suárez, Ana Ruth; Sánchez-Garibay, Carlos; Pozo-Molina, Glustein; Méndez-Catalá, Claudia Fabiola; Cardenas-Aguayo, Maria-del-Carmen; Diaz-Cintra, Sofía; Pacheco-Herrero, Mar; Luna-Muñoz, José; Soto-Rojas, Luis O. (International Journal o f Molecular Sciences, 2023-02-13)
      Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. It is classified as familial and sporadic. The dominant familial or autosomal presentation represents 1–5% of the total number of cases. ...

    • Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype, dementia, and memory performance among Caribbean Hispanic versus US populations 

      Llibre-Guerra, Jorge J.; Li, Jing; Qian, Yuting; Llibre-Rodriguez, Juan de Jesús; Jiménez-Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Acosta, Daisy; Salas, Aquiles; Llibre-Guerra, Juan Carlos; Valvuerdi, Adolfo; Harrati, Amal (Alzheimer's Association, 2022-06-04)
      Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is considered the major susceptibility gene for developing Alzheimer's disease. However, the strength of this risk factor is not well established across diverse Hispanic populations. We investigated ...

    • Banco Nacional de Cerebros UNPHU. Una realidad en República Dominicana y el Caribe 

      Luna-Muñoz, José; González-Chávez, Vanessa Esmeralda; Guillén Sarita, José; Acosta, Daisy; Luna-Viramontes, Nabil Itzi; Apátiga-Pérez, Ricardo; Pachecho-Herrero, Mar (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023-07-01)
      El desarrollo de bancos de cerebros para el estudio de las enfermedades neurodegenerativas se ha presentado en el mundo como una llave imprescindible para el diagnóstico y la búsqueda de un biomarcador específico para las ...

    • . Correlación entre el deterioro cognitivo identificado en el test mini-mental state examination y los criterios diagnósticos de la enfermedad de Alzheimer en el Hospital Doctor Salvador Bienvenido Gautier, febrero-diciembre 2022. 

      Valenzuela Sánchez, Enyor Joan; Marcelino Arias, Nairobi Kenyira (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023)
      La demencia es un trastorno neurocognitivo grave, no a una enfermedad específica, sino a un conjunto de síntomas. Es una entidad que afecta gravemente la memoria, la conducta, el pensamiento y las habilidades sociales, ...

    • Current status and challenges of stem cell treatment for Alzheimer’s disease 

      Pacheco Herrero, Mar; Soto Rojas, Luis O.; Reyes Sabater, Heidy; Garces Ramírez, Linda; Cruz López, Fidel de la; Villanueva Fierro, Ignacio; Luna Muñoz, José (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021)
      Neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, and Parkinson’s disease, among others, are characterized by the pathological processing ...

    • Demencias: conceptos actuales sobre las diferencias entre la de Alzheimer con los otros síndromes demenciales 

      Iñiguez, Pablo (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 1988)
      Se ofrecen conceptos actuales sobre las diferencias entre la demencia de Alzheimer y otros síndromes demenciales. Se explican desde el punto de vista de la anatomía patológica como se presenta la demencia. Se ofrece un ...

    • Dementia attributable healthcare utilizations in the Caribbean versus United States 

      Li, Jing; Weiss, Jordan; Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Acosta, Daisy; Harrati, Amal; Jiménez Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Liu, Mao-Mei; Guerra, Jorge J. Llibre; Rodriguez, Juan De Jesús Llibre; Dow, William H. (Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2023-11-07)
      Despite the high burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias among the Hispanic population worldwide, little is known about how dementia affects healthcare utilizations among this population outside of the US, in ...

    • Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: a cross-cultural validation study. 

      Prince, Martin J.; Acosta, Daisy; Chiu, Helen; Scazufca, Marcia; Varghese, Mathew (Elsevier Limited, 2003)
      Research into dementia is needed in developing countries. Assessment of variations in disease frequency between regions might enhance our understanding of the disease, but methodological difficulties need to be addressed. ...

    • Dementia severity and weight loss: a comparison across eight cohorts. the 10/66 study. 

      Albanese, Emiliano; Taylor, Clare; Siervo, Mario; Stewart, Robert; Prince, Martin J.; Acosta, Daisy (Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2013)
      We aimed to investigate the association between dementia severity and weight loss in countries with low and middle incomes, where most prevalent cases reside. Methods: Cross-sectional catchment area surveys were performed ...

    • Documental sobre el Banco Nacional de cerebros UNPHU 

      Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2019)
      Se explica que es el cerebro. Se mencionan algunas de las enfermedades neurológicas y degenerativas. Se menciona la creación del Banco Nacional de Cerebro de la Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña. Se ofrece los ...

    • Efectos del ambiente espacio-sensorial en procesos cognitivos de personas diagnosticadas con Alzheimer 

      De Láncer, Jennifer; Rodríguez, Laura (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023-07-01)
      La enfermedad de Alzheimer se ha convertido en un problema creciente a nivel mundial. A pesar de las numerosas investigaciones que se desarrollan actualmente, en busca de una cura y herramientas para retrasar su avance, ...

    • Evaluation of Plasma Biomarkers for A/T/N Classification of Alzheimer Disease Among Adults of Caribbean Hispanic Ethnicity 

      Honig, Lawrence S; Suk Kang, Min; Lee, Annie J.; Reyes-Dumeyer, Dolly; Piriz, Angel; Soriano, Belisa; Domínguez Coronado, Zoraida; Recio, Patricia; Rivera Mejia, Diones; Medrano, Martin; Lantigua, Rafael A.; Teich, Andrew F.; Dage, Jeffrey L.; Mayeux, Richard (JAMA Netw Open., 2023)
      Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma biomarkers can detect biological evidence of Alzheimer disease (AD), but their use in low-resource environments and among minority ethnic groups is limited. To assess validated plasma ...

    • Evidencia científica experimental y no experimental que relaciona la periodontitis con la enfermedad de Alzheimer en los últimos 10 años 

      Feliz Ramírez, Frecia Pamel; López Velázquez, Indhira (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2022)
      La causa de la enfermedad de Alzheimer sigue siendo un misterio para la medicina existe una gran cantidad de casos de demencia a nivel mundial, pero no se puede identificar una causa específica comprobada. A medida que la ...

    • FMNL2 regulates gliovascular interactions and is associated with vascular risk factors and cerebrovascular pathology in Alzheimer’s disease 

      Lee, Annie J.; Raghavan, Neha S.; Bhattarai, Prabesh; Siddiqui, Tohid; Sariya, Sanjeev; Reyes‑Dumeyer, Dolly; Flowers, Xena E.; Cardoso, Sarah A. L.; De Jager, Philip L.; Bennett, David A.; Schneider, Julie A.; Menon, Vilas; Wang, Yanling; Lantigua, Rafael A.; Medrano, Martin; Rivera, Diones; Jimenez‑Velazquez, Ivonne Z.; Kukull, Walter A.; Brickman, Adam M.; Manly, Jennifer J.; Tosto, Giuseppe; Kizil, Caghan; Vardarajan, Badri N.; Mayeux, Richard (Acta Neuropathologica (2022) 144:59–79, 2022-05-24)
      Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors (CVRFs) during middle age and later and is frequently accompanied by cerebrovascular pathology at death. An interaction ...

    • The impact of COVID19 on Mental Health in the Hispanic Caribbean Region 2020 

      Acosta, Daisy; Llibre Guerra, Jorge J.; Jiménez Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J. (International Psychogeriatric, 2020)
      The recent global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic will leave its shadow over mental health in our society, especially among the most vulnerable such as elderly populations and those ...

    • Insoluble vascular amyloid deposits trigger disruption of the neurovascular unit in Alzheimer’s disease brains. 

      Soto Rojas, Luis O.; Campa Córdoba, Berenice; Harrington, Charles R.; Salas Casas, Andrés; Hernandes Alejandro, Mario; Villanueva Fierro, Ignacio; Bravo Muñoz, Marely; Garcés Ramírez, Linda; Cruz López, Fidel de la; Ontiveros Torres, Miguel Ángel; Gevorkian, Goar; Pacheco Herrero, Mar; Luna Muñoz, José (Int. J. Mol. Sci, 2021-04-01)
      Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease, characterized histopathologically by intra-neuronal tau-related lesions and by the accumulation of amyloid -peptide (A ) in the brain parenchyma and around cerebral ...

    • Interpretable Classification of Tauopathies with a Convolutional Neural Network Pipeline Using Transfer Learning and Validation against Post-Mortem Clinical Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 

      Diaz-Gomez, Liliana; Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Andres E.; Martinez-Maldonado, Alejandra; Luna-Muñoz, Jose; Cantoral-Ceballos, Jose A.; Ontiveros-Torres, Miguel A. (MDP, 2022-11-22)
      Neurodegenerative diseases, tauopathies, constitute a serious global health problem. The etiology of these diseases is unclear and an increase in their incidence has been projected in the next 30 years. Therefore, the ...

    • Latin American initiative for lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline (LatAm-FINGERS): study design and harmonization 

      Crivelli, Lucia; Calandri, Luis; Kimie Suemoto, Claudia; Salinas, Rosa María; Velilla, Lina Marcela; Sanches Yassuda, Mônica; Caramelli, Paulo; Lopera, Francisco; Nitrini, Ricardo; Sevlever, Gustavo Emilio; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Acosta, Daisy; Charamelo Baietti, Ana María; Cusicanqui, María Isabel; Custodio, Nilton; De Simone, Sergio Dansilio; Delgado Derio, Carolina; Duque-Peñailillo, Lissette; Duran, Juan Carlos; Jiménez-Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Leon-Salas, Jorge Mario; Bergamo, Yanina; Florencia Clarens, María; Damian, Andrés; Demey, Ignacio; Belén Helou, María; Márquez, Carlos; Martin, María Eugenia; Morais Martin, Maria da Graça; Querze, Diego; Surace, Ezequiel Ignacio; Acosta-Egea, Sabrina; Aguirre–Salvador, Esteban; da Cunha Peixoto Cançado, Gustavo Henrique; Dozzi Brucki; Dozzi Brucki, Sonia Maria; Vasconcelos Friedlaender, Clarisse; Braga Gomes, Karina; Gutierrez, Myriam; Laforcada Ríos, Carlos; Martinez Galindo, Joyce Graciela; Montesinos, Rosa; Nuñez-Herrera, Alberto; Ospina-Henao, Sebastián; Rodríguez, Guillermina; Ruiz Masson, Victoria; Sánchez, Mónica; Christian E. Schenk, Christian; Soto, Ligia; Tonidandel Barbosa, Maira; Gonçalves Tosatti, Jéssica Abdo; Vicuña, Yosselin; Espeland, Mark; Hakansson, Krister; Kivipelto, Miia; Baker, Laura; Snyder, Heather; Carrillo, María; Allegri, Ricardo Francisco (Alzheimer's Association®, 2023-05-19)
      Latin American Initiative for Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline (LatAm-FINGERS) is the first non-pharmacological multicenter randomized clinical trial (RCT) to prevent cognitive impairment in Latin America ...