Alzheimer Disease - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients.

6 Dec 2009 The main objective of this study was to determine whether elevated blood beta-amyloid (Abeta) levels among the first-degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are associated with vascular risk factors of AD. Serum Abeta was measured ... Read more...

Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia.

29 Sep 2009 The incidence and prevalence of dementia are expected to increase several-fold in the coming decades. Given that the current pharmaceutical treatment of dementia can only modestly improve symptoms, risk factor modification remains the cornerstone ... Read more...

Evaluation of the protective role of melatonin on the behavioral effects of aluminum in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

17 Sep 2009 In this study, five months old female transgenic (Tg2576) and wild-type mice were exposed for 6 months to aluminum (1mg Al/g diet), melatonin (10mg/kg/day), Al plus melatonin, or vehicle only (control group). General motor activity was evaluated ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alzheimer Disease - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients. 6 Dec 2009
• Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia. 29 Sep 2009
• Evaluation of the protective role of melatonin on the behavioral effects of aluminum in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. 17 Sep 2009
• Does IgG therapy prevent Alzheimer's disease? 30 Aug 2009
• Simvastatin therapy prevents brain trauma-induced increases in beta-amyloid peptide levels. 30 Aug 2009
• Defining and labeling disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of vascular risk factors is associated with slower decline in Alzheimer disease. 30 Aug 2009
• An update on treatment and prevention strategies for Alzheimer's disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Essential involvement of the NMDA receptor in ethanol preconditioning-dependent neuroprotection from amyloid-betain vitro. 17 Aug 2009
• Mediterranean diet and late-life cognitive impairment: a taste of benefit. 10 Aug 2009
• Physical activity, diet, and risk of Alzheimer disease. 10 Aug 2009
• [Sports medicine: Mr Hyde and Dr.Jekyll! ] 3 Aug 2009
• Compensating for Alzheimer lesions: evidence that size counts. 27 Jul 2009
• Cognitive deficit in amyloid-beta-injected mice was improved by pretreatment with a low dose of telmisartan partly because of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma activation. 25 Jul 2009
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research proposes major initiative on Alzheimer disease in step toward national dementia strategy. 18 Jul 2009
• The Nun study: clinically silent AD, neuronal hypertrophy, and linguistic skills in early life. 6 Jul 2009
• [Prevention of the brain neurodegeneration in rats with experimental Alzheimer's disease by adaptation to hypoxia] 29 Jun 2009
• Creating a transatlantic research enterprise for preventing Alzheimer's disease. 29 Jun 2009
• Alzheimer's disease and infection: do infectious agents contribute to progression of Alzheimer's disease? 29 Jun 2009
• Carotid artery ultrasound and echocardiography testing to lower the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Alzheimer Disease'

Definition: A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of MEMORY, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe APRAXIAS and a global loss of cognitive abilities. The condition primarily occurs after age 60, and is marked pathologically by severe cortical atrophy and the triad of SENILE PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; and NEUROPIL THREADS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1049-57)

Descriptor UI: D000544

Alternative terms: Alzheimer Disease; Disease, Alzheimer; Dementia, Senile; Dementias, Senile; Senile Dementia; Senile Dementias; Dementia, Primary Senile Degenerative; Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type; Alzheimer Type Senile Dementia; Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia; Alzheimer's Disease; Disease, Alzheimer's; Dementia, Alzheimer Type; Alzheimer Type Dementia; Dementia, Presenile; Dementias, Presenile; Presenile Dementia; Presenile Dementias; Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset; Late Onset Alzheimer Disease; Alzheimer's Disease, Focal Onset; Focal Onset Alzheimer's Disease; Acute Confusional Senile Dementia; Senile Dementia, Acute Confusional; Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset; Early Onset Alzheimer Disease; Presenile Alzheimer Dementia; Alzheimer Dementia, Presenile; Dementia, Presenile Alzheimer;

Related Mesh Headings: Amyloid beta-Protein; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; tau Proteins; Neurofilament Proteins; Aphasia, Primary Progressive; Kluver-Bucy Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.380.100; C10.574.945.249; F03.087.400.100;

History Note: 1998(1963); for DEMENTIA, PRESENILE and DEMENTIA, PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE SENILE use DEMENTIA 1981-1999; for DEMENTIA SENILE use DEMENTIA 1966-1999