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Long-acting intranasal insulin detemir improves cognition for adults with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer’s disease dementia
Claxton, Amy,
Baker, Laura D.,
Hanson, Angela,
Trittschuh, Emily H.,
Cholerton, Brenna,
Morgan, Amy,
Callaghan, Maureen,
Arbuckle, Matthew,
Behl, Colin,
Craft, Suzanne
...cognitive impairment (MCI). These trials used regular insulin, which has a shorter half-life compared to long-lasting insulin analogues such as insulin detemir. The current trial examined whether intranasal insulin detemir...
The most common type of FTLD-FUS (aFTLD-U) is associated with a distinct clinical form of frontotemporal dementia but is not related to mutations in the FUS gene
Snowden, Julie S.,
Hu, Quan,
Rollinson, Sara,
Halliwell, Nicola,
Robinson, Andrew,
Davidson, Yvonne S.,
Momeni, Parastoo,
Baborie, Atik,
Griffiths, Timothy D.,
Jaros, Evelyn,
Perry, Robert H.,
Richardson, Anna,
Pickering-Brown, Stuart M.,
Neary, David,
Mann, David M. A.
...exhibited aphasia and dyspraxia. No patient had clinical evidence of motor neurone disease during life, or a mutation in the FUS gene. In the complementary clinical study of 312 patients...
Olive oil and cognition: results from the three-city study
Berr, Claudine,
Portet, Florence,
Carrière, Isabelle,
Akbaraly, Tasnime N.,
Feart, Catherine,
Gourlet, Véronique,
Combe, Nicole,
Barberger-Gateau, Pascale,
Ritchie, Karen
Background: Olive oil is a major component of the Mediterranean diet suggested to be beneficial to counteract Alzheimer’s disease.; Aim Of the Study: Our objective was to examine...
Effects of small-scale, home-like facilities in dementia care on residents’ behavior, and use of physical restraints and psychotropic drugs: A quasi-experimental study
Verbeek, Hilde,
Zwakhalen, Sandra M.G.,
van Rossum, Erik,
Ambergen, Ton,
Kempen, Gertrudis I.J.M.,
Hamers, Jan P.H.
Background: Small-scale, home-like care environments are increasingly implemented in institutional nursing care as a model to promote resident-directed care, although evidence on its effects is sparse. This study...
A randomized controlled trial for an individualized positive psychosocial intervention for the affective and behavioral symptoms of dementia in nursing home residents
Van Haitsma, K. S.,
Curyto, K.,
Abbott, K. M.,
Towsley, G. L.,
Spector, A.,
Kleban, M.
Objectives: This randomized controlled study tested the effectiveness of individualized activities, led by certified nursing assistants (CNAs), to increase positive and reduce negative affect and behavior among nursing...
Memantine is associated with longer survival than donepezil in a Veterans Affairs prescription database, 1997 to 2008
Lazzeroni, Laura C.,
Halbauer, Joshua D.,
Ashford, J. Wesson,
Noda, Art,
Hernandez, Beatriz,
Azor, Virgina,
Hozack, Nikki,
Hasson, Noelle,
Henderson, Victor W.,
Yesavage, Jerome A.,
Tinklenberg, Jared R.
...Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shortens life-expectancy, but the effects of pharmacological treatments for this disorder on mortality have not been studied. We compared two commonly prescribed medications, donepezil and memantine,...
Safety and efficacy of methylphenidate for apathy in Alzheimer’s disease: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Rosenberg, Paul B.,
Lanctôt, Krista L.,
Drye, Lea T.,
Herrmann, Nathan,
Scherer, Roberta W.,
Bachman, David L.,
Mintzer, Jacobo E.
...21% of methylphenidate versus 3% of placebo rated as moderately or markedly improved. NPI apathy score improvement was 1.8 points (95% CI, 0.3 to 3.4) greater on methylphenidate than on...
Sertraline or mirtazapine for depression in dementia (HTA-SADD): a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Banerjee, Sube,
Hellier, Jennifer,
Dewey, Michael,
Romeo, Renee,
Ballard, Clive,
Baldwin, Robert,
Bentham, Peter,
Fox, Chris,
Holmes, Clive,
Katona, Cornelius,
Knapp, Martin,
Lawton, Claire,
Lindesay, James,
Livingston, Gill,
McCrae, Niall,
Moniz-Cook, Esme,
Murray, Joanna,
Nurock, Shirley,
Orrell, Martin,
O'Brien, John,
Poppe, Michaela,
Thomas, Alan,
Walwyn, Rebecca,
Wilson, Kenneth,
Burns, Alistair
...108, 41%; p=0·031), and fewer serious adverse events rated as severe (p=0·003). Five patients in every group died by week 39.; Interpretation: Because of the absence of benefit compared with...