Executive Functioning and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Project FRONTIER Study
Abstract
Decrements in cognitive functioning have been linked to the metabolic syndrome (MetS), a risk factor for cardiovascular disease defined by the presence of three of the following: elevated blood pressure, increased waist circumference, elevated blood glucose, elevated triglycerides,…
Delusional Misidentification Syndromes and Dementia
Effects of Practice on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV Across 3- and 6-Month Intervals
A comparison of FDG-PET and blood flow SPECT in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative dementias: a systematic review
Christopher M. Davison, John T. O’Brien
Objective
Perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) both have clinical utility for the differential diagnosis of dementia. Although PET is often viewed by some as more…
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF SPECT IMAGING IN DEMENTIA
WAIS-IV Reliable Digit Span is no More Accurate Than Age Corrected Scaled Score as an Indicator of Invalid Performance in a Veteran Sample Undergoing Evaluation for mTBI – The Clinical Neuropsychologist –
Preclinical AD predicts decline in memory and executive functions in subjective complaints
Grouping of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
Rianne M. van der Linde, Tom Dening, Fiona E. Matthews, Carol Brayne
Objective
A wide range of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD) are common in dementia, and it has been suggested that groups of correlated symptoms should be studied…
PATTERNS OF COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Abstract
Background Progressive MS is associated with a high frequency of cognitive impairment.1 However, it is not clear to what extent this reflects global dysfunction, or independent deficits in specific functions.Reduced speed of information processing, together with impairment in executive…
Evolution of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson disease
M. Broeders, R.M.A. de Bie, D.C. Velseboer, J.D. Speelman, D. Muslimovic and B. Schmand.
Abstract
Objective: We examined the development of Parkinson disease (PD)–mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in patients with newly diagnosed PD over 5 years using recently proposed consensus…