Fan, Jue-Ting, Chen, Kuei-Min

Background: This study aimed to test the effects of yoga exercises on the physical and mental health of elderly people with dementia living in long-term care facilities.; Methods: A quasi-experimental, pretest-post-test design was used. A convenience sample of 68 residents in long-term care facilities in southern Taiwan, aged 60 years and above with mild to […]

Engvig, Andreas, Fjell, Anders M., Westlye, Lars T., Skaane, Nina V., Dale, Anders M., Holland, Dominic, Due-Tønnessen, Paulina, Sundseth, Øyvind, Walhovd, Kristine B.

Subjective memory impairment (SMI) is a common risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, with few established options for treatment. Here we investigate the effects of two months episodic memory training on regional brain atrophy in 19 memory clinic patients with SMI. We used a sensitive longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging protocol and compared the patients with 42 […]

Díaz-Veiga, Pura, Sancho, Mayte, García, Álvaro, Rivas, Esther, Abad, Elixabet, Suárez, Nerea, Mondragón, Gabriela, Buiza, Cristina, Orbegozo, Ana, Yanguas, Javier

Introduction: The Model of Person Centered Care has attracted increasing interest for use in gerontology centers. Therefore, the contributions about its impact are scarce in our context. The objective of this paper is to establish the impact that the interventions associated with the Model of Person Centered Care in the «Etxean Ondo» Project have on […]

Carlson, M. C., Erickson, K. I., Kramer, A. F., Voss, M. W., Bolea, N., Mielke, M., McGill, S., Rebok, G. W., Seeman, T., Fried, L. P.

Objective: To determine whether Experience Corps (EC), a social service program, would improve age-vulnerable executive functions and increase activity in brain regions in a high-risk group through increased cognitive and physical activity.; Methods: Eight community-dwelling, older female volunteers and nine matched wait-list controls were recruited to serve in the ongoing EC: Baltimore program in three […]

Beauchet, Olivier, Launay, Cyrille P., Allali, Gilles, Herrmann, François R., Annweiler, Cedric

Background: No comparison of anti-dementia drugs-related gait changes has been previously conducted combining single and dual task assessments.; Objectives: (1) To quantify and compare gait changes among patients with possible or probable Alzheimer’s disease before and after the use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (i.e., donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine) or memantine, and among controls with possible or probable […]

Bahl, Justyna Maria Czarna, Heegaard, Niels H.H., Falkenhorst, Gerhard, Laursen, Henning, Høgenhaven, Hans, Mølbak, Kåre, Jespersgaard, Cathrine, Hougs, Lotte, Waldemar, Gunhild, Johannsen, Peter, Christiansen, Michael

Laboratory markers have a prominent place among the diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Here we investigate the capability of protein 14-3-3, total-tau (t-tau), threonin-181-phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) together with the prion protein gene genotype to discriminate patients with sCJD (n=21) from neurological controls (n=164) and Alzheimer’s […]

Akbar, Nadine, Honarmand, Kimia, Kou, Nancy, Feinstein, Anthony

The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) is a particularly sensitive measure of cognitive dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). While computerized versions have been developed for use in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), none has been validated in MS patients. The aim of this study was to validate a new computerized version of the […]