The use of ecological momentary assessment for family caregivers of adults with chronic conditions: A systematic review by Areum Han, Laurie A. Malone, Hee Yun Lee, Jiaqi Gong, Ryan Henry, Xishi Zhu, Hon K. Yuen

“… # Results A total of 12 studies involving EMA completed by family caregivers of adults with chronic conditions were identified, with almost all studies focused on caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's or dementia-related conditions. The average compliance rate across the included studies was 75%, below the recommended rate. …”
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Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis by 3D-SEConvNeXt by Zhongyi Hu, Yuhang Wang, Lei Xiao

“…Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) constitutes a fatal neurodegenerative disorder and represents the most prevalent form of dementia among the elderly population. Traditional manual AD classification methods, such as clinical diagnosis, are known to be time-consuming and labor-intensive, with relatively low accuracy. …”
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Ground-Level Geriatric Falls: A Not-So-Minor Mechanism of Injury by Simon Parker, Arash Afsharpad

“…A 79-year-old nursing home resident was brought to the emergency department following an unwitnessed fall. She suffered dementia and had a seizure in the department resulting in a reduced GCS, making history and examination difficult. …”
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Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice by Kai Chen, Xingyu Du, Melissa A. Chao, Zhongcong Xie, Guang Yang

“…Abstract Delirium is a common complication in elderly surgical patients and is associated with an increased risk of dementia. Although advanced age is a major risk factor, the mechanisms underlying postoperative delirium remain poorly understood. …”
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Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure by Efthimios Dardiotis, Gregory Giamouzis, Dimos Mastrogiannis, Christina Vogiatzi, John Skoularigis, Filippos Triposkiadis, Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou

“…CI may have fluctuations in severity over time, improve with effective HF treatment or progress to dementia. CI is independently associated with disability, mortality, and decreased quality of life of HF patients. …”
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Cognition and Vascular Risk Factors: An Epidemiological Study by Augusto Vicario, Mildren Del Sueldo, Ruth A. Fernández, Julio Enders, Judith Zilberman, Gustavo H. Cerezo

“…Acting in the middle of the life stages, we can prevent or delay the onset of a disease in adults, nowadays incurable: dementia.…”
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Cognitive profile in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies by Shuai Liu, Chunyan Liu, Xiao-Dan Wang, Huiru Lu, Yong Ji

“…In line with the literature on Dementia with Lewy bodies, our results showed lower performance on tests for visuoconstructive and executive function, whereas memory remained relatively spared in the early period.…”
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Promising Neuroprotective Effects of Dracocephalum Species: Mechanistic Perspectives by Marjan Talebi, Alireza Ghassempour, Afsoon Feizi, Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Mehrdad Faizi

“…The role of the genus Dracocephalum was investigated in relation to various neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, insomnia, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, cerebral ischemia, pain, depression, and glioblastoma. …”
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Behavioral assessment of hippocampal function following dietary intervention by Klaus W. Lange, Ewelina Stollberg, Yukiko Nakamura, Joachim Hauser

“…The translational relevance of these findings in regard to mental disorders such as dementia and depression needs to be investigated. Keywords: Memory, Hippocampus, Western diet, Fatty acids, Sugar…”
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Exercise Intervention Associated with Cognitive Improvement in Alzheimer’s Disease by Meng Ying Cui, Yang Lin, Ji Yao Sheng, Xuewen Zhang, Ran Ji Cui

“…Therefore, taking exercise intervention in the early stage of MCI and healthy aging at the risk of AD could slow down the process of cognitive impairment and provide a promising cost-effective nonpharmacological therapy to dementia.…”
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Extraction of Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic through Topic-Level Sentiment Dynamics by Abdul Razzaq, Touqeer Abbas, Sarfraz Hashim, Salman Qadri, Imran Mumtaz, Najia Saher, Muzammil Ul-Rehman, Faisal Shahzad, Syed Ali Nawaz

“…According to the present meta-analysis, physical activity interventions are beneficial for patients with dementia in terms of cognition. The proposed framework illustrates the insight impact of COVID-19 on human physiological and mainly focuses on the evaluation of sentiment dynamics at the topical level.…”
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Deciphering the Role of Adrenergic Receptors in Alzheimer’s Disease: Paving the Way for Innovative Therapies by Androulla N. Miliotou, Andria Kotsoni, Lefteris C. Zacharia

“…It is the most common cause of progressive memory loss (dementia) in the elderly, and to date, there is no effective treatment to cure or slow disease progression substantially. …”
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The gut microbiome, immune modulation, and cognitive decline: insights on the gut-brain axis by Ruyi Zhang, Ruyi Zhang, Ning Ding, Xicui Feng, Wenli Liao

“…Cognitive disorders, including dementia and Parkinson’s disease, represent substantial global health challenges. …”
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Does Dopamine Depletion Trigger a Spreader Lexical-Semantic Activation in Parkinson’s Disease? Evidence from a Study Based on Word Fluency Tasks by S. Zabberoni, G. A. Carlesimo, A. Peppe, C. Caltagirone, A. Costa

“…We aimed to investigate this hypothesis in individuals with PD without dementia by assessing word frequency and typicality in verbal fluency tasks. …”
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The Takeda Three Colors Combination Test: A Screening Test for Detection of Very Mild Alzheimer’s Disease by Shinya Takeda, Kayo Tajime, Toshiatsu Taniguchi

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and is prevalent worldwide. It is expected that AD, for which aging is a risk factor, will increase in the future. …”
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Survey on the Status and Training Demands of Capabilities for Diagnosing and Treating Common Diseases of Primary Care General Practitioners in Hunan Province by LI Lingqi, GAO Yinyan, ZHANG Yuqin, SUN Dingkui, WU Xinyin, ZHANG Weiru

“…The results show that 75.1% (253/337) of participants consider themselves competent in the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases; 16.6% (56/337) of participants reported a lack of competence in certain diseases, with the top six including depression[89.3% (50/56) ], stress incontinence[69.6% (39/56) ], dementia[66.1% (37/56) ], stroke[53.6% (30/56) ], co-morbidities[51.8% (29/56) ]and tuberculosis[46.4% (26/56) ]. …”
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Enhanced Neuroplasticity by the Metabolic Enhancer Piracetam Associated with Improved Mitochondrial Dynamics and Altered Permeability Transition Pore Function by Carola Stockburger, Davide Miano, Thea Pallas, Kristina Friedland, Walter E. Müller

“…The mitochondrial cascade hypothesis of dementia assumes mitochondrial dysfunction leading to reduced energy supply, impaired neuroplasticity, and finally cell death as one major pathomechanism underlying the continuum from brain aging over mild cognitive impairment to initial and advanced late onset Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Clinical observation of VR virtual reality rehabilitation training combined with acupuncture in the treatment of mild cognitive impairment by Ying Fu, Hui Wang

“…Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate state between normal aging and dementia, and its symptoms include easy forgetting, distraction, and mental deterioration. …”
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Functional MRI Assessment of Task-Induced Deactivation of the Default Mode Network in Alzheimer’s Disease and At-Risk Older Individuals by Maija Pihlajamäki, Reisa A. Sperling

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in old age, and is characterized by prominent impairment of episodic memory. …”
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Weighted Mortality Method According to Multiple Causes of Death by Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, Carlos Antonio Rodríguez García

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> diseases such as heart disease, dementia and Alzheimer's, malignant tumors and asthma did not show differences between the rates calculated by both methods; diseases such as primary essential hypertension, diabetes mellitus and pneumonia, showed important differences. …”
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