Sentences with phrase «patient with cognitive decline»

So this is almost a snapshot, a day in the life of a patient with cognitive decline.

Six clinical trials that included a total of 454 patients found that Huperzine - A increased mental function in patients with cognitive decline.

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Fernando Pagan, a GUMC associate professor of neurology who directs the Movement Disorders Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, said that to his knowledge, the study «represents the first time a therapy appears to reverse — to a greater or lesser degree depending on stage of disease — cognitive and motor decline in patients with these neurodegenerative disorders.»

Dr. Smith has previously shown that a walking exercise intervention for patients with mild cognitive decline improved cognitive function by improving the efficiency of brain activity associated with memory.

Ongoing studies at Uppsala University in Sweden have shown that the chemical agent dubbed Pittsburgh Compound - B, or PIB, is a highly accurate marker of plaque buildup and that its abundance in the brain can predict whether patients with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer's — and when that decline will likely start.

However, whole - brain radiation has been associated with a decline in cognitive functions that can negatively affect a patient's quality of life.

Patients who had changed versions of this gene showed early promise, often attending college, but then experienced cognitive decline consistent with a degenerative disease.

In contrast, patients with the best cognitive performance before implantation showed stable postimplantation results, although there was a decline in some patients, according to the results.

Data from 304 PD patients followed for up to 8 years indicate that patients with higher cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α - synuclein levels experienced faster cognitive decline in the following months, although no associations were found between α - synuclein levels and motor changes.

Although several large studies have shown that α - synuclein levels are lower in the CSF of PD patients and those with related synucleinopathies compared to controls, its role in cognitive decline and dementia had been unexplored.

Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) significantly improves tumor control in the brain after SRS, yet because of its association with cognitive decline, its role in the treatment of patients with brain metastases remains controversial.

Basak's laboratory, which is focused on cognitive interventions to improve abilities that decline with age, is conducting further research to evaluate differences among various types of video games, long - term effects of cognitive training using the games, and effects on patients already experiencing mild cognitive impairment.

By stimulating this region of the brain, the Alzheimer's subjects cognitive and daily functional abilities as a whole declined more slowly than Alzheimer's patients in a matched comparison group not being treated with DBS,» he said.

They hope that early detection of these neurophysiological abnormalities and decreased function will help with early identification of type 2 patients who are at the greatest risk for developing cognitive decline or possibly dementia.

Led by staff scientist Keith Vossel, MD, the team of researchers used sophisticated technologies to detect «subclinical» epileptic activity (too subtle to be noticed on standard clinical exams) and showed that Alzheimer patients with such activity had a faster cognitive decline than those without.

Cognitive decline in elderly people can be caused by a specific and treatable metabolic disorder, and the use of laboratory tests is recommended as part of the diagnostic workup of patients with dementia.

Abstract: Cognitive decline in elderly people can be caused by a specific and treatable metabolic disorder, and the use of laboratory tests is recommended as part of the diagnostic workup of patients with dementia.

«Therapeutic manipulation of repair factors such as BRCA1 may ultimately be used to prevent neuronal damage and cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease or in people at risk for the disease,» says senior author Lennart Mucke, MD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease.

The researchers» findings suggest that Nav1.1 levels in special regulatory nerve cells called parvalbumin cells, or PV cells, are essential to generate healthy brain - wave activity — and that problems in this process contribute to cognitive decline in AD - mice and possibly in patients with Alzheimer's.

An 18 - month trial of high doses of the same three vitamins used here showed a slowing of cognitive decline in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease, although not in patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease [45].

Finally, combining the results of PET imaging of declines in these different neuromodulator systems with behavioral studies in patients with Parkinson's disease and rodents with experimental damage to those systems helps us understand how they contribute to both cognitive deficits and the risk for falls.

His group has developed a new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, and this approach has led to the discovery of subtypes of Alzheimer's disease, followed by the first description of reversal of symptoms in patients with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease, with the ReCODE (Reversal of Cognitive Decline) cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease, with the ReCODE (Reversal of Cognitive Decline) Cognitive Decline) protocol.

The researchers analyzed information from 100 patients who likely have Alzheimer's disease, 60 patients with mild cognitive impairment, 100 with subjective cognitive decline, and a control group of 26 healthy individuals.

Elderly patients with dementia, or any other patient in cognitive decline, present a unique ethical dilemma.

Benefits of Mindfulness Training for Patients With Progressive Cognitive Decline and Their Caregivers.

Atorvastatin does not slow cognitive decline in patients with mild to moderate probable Alzheimer's disease who are taking donepezil