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... clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer' s disease [10] All participants underwent a physical examination, blood tests and neuroimaging assessments They also underwent cognitive assessments using the ... Similar results were obtained when the analysis was carried out using LSS scores as proxy of status (p < 0.025, lowest vs highest LSS scores) As shown in Figure 2, high serum AOC levels predicted ... deficit, we used the MMSE scores as proxy of status (control vs AD) and of disease progression Subjects were divided into three mutually exclusive groups ranked by increasing MMSE scores [below 20...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... means ± SEM (AD = Alzheimer s disease; NCI = aged noncognitively impaired; MCI = mild cognitive impairment; Undissoc = undissociated; Dissoc = dissociated) undissociated sera, 13% increase in dissociated ... differences with this approach Methods Serum samples Serum samples were obtained from the Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center (Chicago, IL) from individuals whose diagnosis on the basis of post-mortem clinical ... statistically significant All p-values were two-tailed Statistical analyses were performed using The SAS System for Windows version 9.2 Power and sample size analyses All calculations were based on a significance...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... place in the classification of nosologists Some have regarded its characteristic symptoms as distinct and different diseases, and others have given its name to diseases differing essentially from ... individual subject rests on the use of criteria derived from unsatisfactory definitions and procedures Assessments such as the WAIS bring a degree of objectivity to assessment of cognitive function; ... 52:695-701 Pillon B, Dubois B, Ploska A, Agid Y: Severity and specificity of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer' s, Huntington 's, and Parkinson 's diseases and progressive supranuclear palsy Neurology 1991,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... Psychological Disorders Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias Psychological Disorders Addiction Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias Anxiety Disorders Child Abuse and Stress Disorders Depression ... hereditary diseases like Wilson s disease Huntington s disease is an involuntary movement disorder that is often associated with dementia Parkinson s disease is a progressive brain disorder and a ... in 23 24 Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer s Disease The Alzheimer s Association has come up with a list of 10 warning signs of Alzheimer s disease that may...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 18:20

... gels (A,C) and 1% agarose gels (B,D), and proteins were visualized by Coomassie stain Lanes HS and LS are molecular mass standards, with the molecular mass in kDa given on the left (E) 1% agarose ... of synthetic peptides, a bacterial expression system allows isotope labeling, which is essential for high-resolution structural analysis of Ab using NMR spectroscopy and allows use of high specific ... electron transmission microscope operated at 120 V All reagents were supplied by Electron Microscopy Sciences (Hatfield, PA, USA) Assessement of SEC-isolated peptides by HPLC and SDS-PAGE Samples (100...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological assessments were reviewed in a consensus conference comprised of neurologists, psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists Based on this review all participants ... of phrases from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Evaluation [19] Abstract reasoning was evaluated using WAIS-R Similarities subtest [66], and the non- verbal Identities and Oddities subtest of the ... cognitive skills remained stable Increased age was associated with lower scores in all cognitive domains while increased education was associated with higher scores APOE-␧4 was not associated with...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS A gradual loss of memory, affecting a person s skills and behavior, characterizes Alzheimer s disease In Helen s case, she slowly lost her ... OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS THE COST OF ALZHEIMER S DISEASE As you can imagine, Alzheimer s disease is very expensive The cost of medical care for its victims is only ... is essential in transmission of nerve impulses through the synapses of the brain and central nervous system (A synapse is the point at 33 LIFE OUT OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... regarding cognitive functioning Cognitive screening includes using validated screening instruments, such as the MMSE, and brief bedside assessments Cognitive screenings are usually sensitive to significant ... Psychiatric Press, 2000 66 Morris JC, Mohs RC, Rogers H, et al Consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimer s disease (CERAD) clinical and neuropsychological assessment of Alzheimer s disease ... 18 DeKosky S Early intervention is key to successful management of Alzheimer disease Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2003;17(Suppl 4) :S9 9–104 19 Leifer BP Early diagnosis of Alzheimer s disease: clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... fluorescence We show the application of this assay to the testing of c-secretase inhibitors and PS1 mutants This assay allows for the first time the selection of cell populations and single cells ... COS-7 and CHO cells resulted in the expression of GFP positive cells Figure 1B shows phase (panels and 3) and fluorescence microscopy (panels and 4) of COS-7 cells transfected with both constructs ... Francisco, CA, USA) Results Assay design This novel c-secretase assay involves cotransfection of a substrate-activator and a reporter gene into mammalian cells, as outlined in Fig 1A The substrate-activator...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... Medical School Massachusetts Alzheimer s Disease Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA Preface This book provides a comprehensive review of Alzheimer s disease and other ... treating Alzheimer s disease In 1984, the first clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer s disease was published, and the first five Alzheimer s Disease Research Centers were established with ... 1990 and before differs in many ways from what Alzheimer s Disease 31 neuropathologists are now confirming as Alzheimer s disease (Consensus recommendations for the postmortem diagnosis of Alzheimer s...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... expansions in Huntington disease, Huntington related diseases, and various forms of a-synuclein associated with Parkinson disease and synucleinopathies [27] Taken together with the findings that ... Socialstyrelsens Stiftelser, Stiftelsen for Alderssjukdomar, and Svenska ¨ ˚ Lakaresallskapet ¨ ¨ FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 4211–4220 ª 2005 FEBS X Li et al Abnormal translation control in Alzheimer s disease ... Alzheimerfonden, Gamla Tjanarinnor Foundation, ¨ Gun och Bertil Stohnes Stiftelse, Loo and Hans Ostermans Foundation, SADF (Insamlingsstiftelsen for ¨ Alzheimer- och Demensforskning), Socialstyrelsens...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 22:20

... diagnose is gold standard, rest conform to class 1A NINCDS–ADRDA = National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke /Alzheimer s Disease and Related Disorders Association ... diagnose is gold standard, rest conform to class 1A NINCDS–ADRDA = National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke /Alzheimer s Disease and Related Disorders Association ... individuals; IA = neuropathologic diagnosis is gold standard, rest conform to class 1A NINCDS–ADRDA = National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke /Alzheimer s Disease and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21

... Statistically significant differences were examined using a t-test or analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey s multiple comparisons post-test (a P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant) Results ... Hunter Z, Peabody DS: Virus and virus-like particle-based immunogens for Alzheimer s disease induce antibody responses against amyloid-beta without concomitant T cell responses Vaccine 2006, 24:6321-6331 ... alone Statistical Analysis Statistical parameters (mean, standard deviation (SD), significant difference, etc.) were calculated using Prism 3.03 software (GraphPad Software, Inc., CA) Statistically...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... Demographic characteristics of the cases used in this study Shown are differences between groups of the cases used in this study [PMI post-mortem interval, SD standard deviation] Braak score for neurofibrillary ... http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/2/1/27 Findings Aberrant expression of cyclins, cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) and their inhibitors has been observed in post mitotic neurons in Alzheimer' s disease (AD) [1,2] Proteins that normally ... pathological disease state and investigated brain area, methods of analysis, as well as technical issues The data presented in this study are in agreement with the findings of Yermakova and O'Banion...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... memory loss in a mouse transgenic model of Alzheimer' s disease J Neurosci 2002, 22:6331-6335 Selkoe DJ, Schenk D: Alzheimer' s disease: molecular understanding predicts amyloid-based therapeutics Annu ... performed image analysis, data analysis and manuscript preparation; IH performed immunohistochemistry, image analysis, data analysis and presentation and assisted with perfusions and animal care; ... central nervous system neurotoxins Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998, 95:6448-6453 Nixon RA, Cataldo AM, Mathews PM: The endosomal-lysosomal system of neurons in Alzheimer' s disease pathogenesis: a review...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... prednisone in Alzheimer s disease Alzheimer s Disease Cooperative study Neurol 2000, 54:588-593 33 Aisen , et al: Effects of rofecoxib or naproxen versus placebo on Alzheimer Disease progression: ... microtome as μm thick sections and collected on glass slides Joint histopathology was evaluated in sections stained by Alcian blue-orange G histochemistry using a scale 0-5 previously described ... Abcam, Cambridge MA), and rabbit anti-b-galactosidase (bacterial) (1:1,000; Sigma; St Louis, MO) Cre recombinase expression was assessed with an antibody raised against its V5 fusion epitope (1:500;...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... disorders, ataxia and seizures 8 Alzheimer s Disease Pathogenesis-Core Concepts, Shifting Paradigms and Therapeutic Targets Debut Chromosome Herency Early Onset Alzheimer Disease (EOAD) Autosomal ... therapies that target up-stream, mid-stream, and down-stream mediators of disease Alzheimer s Disease Pathogenesis: Core Concepts, Shifting Paradigms, and Therapeutic Targets” is an excellent singe-volume ... insulin In these animals are changes similar to the AD such as increased BA, Tau phosphorylation, neurodegeneration and gliosis and decreased genes associated with neurons, Alzheimer s Disease...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... Alzheimer sdisease patients and being as basisfor more extensive studies The results of this thesis gave new contributions for studies in the elderly especially on dementia and Alzheimer s diseaseand ... Alzheimer s disease patients and related factors 4.1.1.1 Socio-demographiccharacteristics of Alzheimer s disease patients Age and gender of Alzheimer s disease patients In our study.Patients of 60 years ... diagnosis that would be diagnostic aid to probable Alzheimer' s disease cases such as MRI brain, PET scan and computed tomography single photon SPECT Alzheimer' s disease was diagnosed clinically based...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 11:36

... course of progression • Associated symptoms of depression, insomnia, incontinence, delusions, illusions, hallucinations, catastrophic verbal, emotional or physical outbursts, sexual disorders, ... diagnoses exist In most studies, diagnostic validity is assessed by reporting cases that meet criteria for AD, regardless of whether other pathologies are present In some instances, coexisting ... National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS) -Alzheimer' s Disease and Related Disorders Association (ADRDA) most certain clinical category, see Section II.C and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 16:21