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Tag Archives: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers
Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment in Alzheimer’s Disease: Early Promising Results? (JAD / Bazian)
Summary Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment (TEMT) for persons with mild / moderate Alzheimer’s Disease, delivered ia a bathing cap-style head device called the MemorEM, appears to bring about various statistically significant improvements without any observable adverse effects. Benefits are said to include: “ …cognitive enhancement, changes to CSF / … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2DG-PET, ADAS-Cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale, Adverse Event Assessment, Aβ Accumulation, Aβ-Plaques, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers, Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living, Angel Investor Forum, Bazian, Behind the Headlines, Blood Proteins as Biomarkers of Disease Research, Blood-Based Biomarkers, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute (Tampa Florida), Cerebral Metabolic Rate for Glucose (Via 2DG-PET), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Clock Drawing Test, College of Pharmacy: University of South Florida, Critical Appraisals, CSF Biomarkers, Czech Republic, Department of Neurology: Charles University (Prague), Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), Digit Span, FDG-PET Imaging, fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Glass Charitable Foundation, Invicro (Boston USA), Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (JAD), Left Coast Engineering (Escondido California), MemorEM (Transcranial Electromagnetic Stimulation), Motol University Hospital (Prague), MRI Scans, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NeuroEM Therapeutics Inc. (Phoenix Arizona), Ocotillo Electromagnetics Inc. (Chandler Arizona), olumbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Plasma Biomarkers, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (Rey AVLT), Rey AVLT, RF Exposure Laboratory (San Marcos California), School of Aging Studies: University of South Florida, Transcranial Brain Stimulation, Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment (TEMT), United States, University Diagnostic Institute (Tampa Florida), University of South Florida, University of South Florida Health / Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, USA
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Dementia Biomarkers Re-Explored? (General Psychiatry / JGCR)
Summary A recent systematic review examines biomarkers, as strictly defined, for neurodegenerative diseases. “Vast improvements in neuroimaging techniques have led to newly discovered biomarkers and diagnostics”. p.5 Behavioural biomarkers are mentioned hardly at all. Full Text Link Reference Maclin, JMA. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 18F-florbetaben, 18F-flutemetamol, 18Fflorbetapir, Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Amyloid and Tau PET, APOE e4 (Apolipoprotein E e4), Apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 Allele, Behavioural Biomarkers, Beta-Amyloid PET Imaging, Biomarker Development, Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Canonical Syndromes of Primary Progressive Aphasia: Non-Fluent / Agrammatic Variant (nfvPPA), Canonical Syndromes of Primary Progressive Aphasia: Semantic Variant (svPPA), Carbon-11 Pittsburgh Compound-B (C-PIB) Radioisotope Tracer, Cerebral Metabolic Rate for Glucose (CMRgl), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum MHPG, CMRgl Decline, Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), CSF 3-methoxy-4-hydrox-yphenylglycol (MHPG), Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Differential Diagnosis, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), α-Synuclein, Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy (MTA), Medial Temporal Lobes (MTL), Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), MRI Brain Imaging, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroimaging, Neuroimaging in Dementia Diagnosis, Non-Invasive Biomarkers, Pick’s Disease (Frontotemporal Dementia), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Rapid Screening, Screening for Dementia, Sea Hero Quest (SHQ) Game, Sea Hero Quest VR, Tau PET, Timely Diagnosis, VaD: Vascular Dementia, Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Vascular Dementia, [18F]THK5351
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Earlier Diagnosis Research: the Deep and Frequent Phenotyping Study (BBC News / GtR)
Summary The Deep and Frequent Phenotyping Study aims to discover new ways of diagnosing dementia, ideally decades before the symptoms become apparent in order to give future drug treatments the best chance of working. The Deep and Frequent Phenotyping Study … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Commissioning, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Early Promising Signs in Verubecestat Human Drug Trial – Since Dashed (NHS Choices / Science Translational Medicine / Translational Neurodegeneration / Biospace Inc)
Summary Early results from a Phase I trial indicate that the BACE1 inhibitor Verubecestat may effectively reduce β-amyloid formation in human patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. This appears to confirm previous trials with rats, monkeys and healthy young human adults. As … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Studies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aducanumab, Aducanumab (Biogen), Aβ40, Aβ42, Amyloid, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Hypothesis, Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β (Aβ) Accumulation, Amyloidopathy, Anti-Amyloid Therapies, APECS Phase 3 Trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01953601), Aspartyl Proteases β-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 (BACE1 or β-Secretase), ß-amyloid, BACE1, BACE1 Inhibitors, Behind the Headlines, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Biomarkers, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Biostatistics: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Clinical Research: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Global Chemistry: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Neuroscience: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Pharmacokinetics Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Safety Assessment: Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Translational Medicine: Merck Research Laboratories, EPOCH Phase 2/3 Trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01739348), β-Secretase 1 (BACE1), Lerner Research Institute, Merck Research Laboratories, PAREXEL (Glendale USA), Phase III APECS Study, sAPPβ, Science Translational Medicine, Translational Biomarkers Department: Merck Research Laboratories, Translational Neurodegeneration, United States, USA, Verubecestat, Verubecestat: Reduction of CSF Aβ and sAPPβ in Healthy Adults and AD Patients
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Deep and Frequent Phenotyping Study: Dementia Early Detection and Biomarkers Research Programme (MRC / NIHR)
Summary The Deep and Frequent Phenotyping Study will explore improvements in biomarker research and the development of tests to detect Alzheimer’s Disease early on. This research programme will be funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and the … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NIHR, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Diagnosis, Screening, Assessment and Symptoms-Related Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Recent reviews and meta-analyses on the broad topics diagnosis, screening and assessment are listed below. Some of these articles may be available freely (according to local circumstances). A suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment for access may be … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Models of Dementia Care, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE), Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R), Assessment and Diagnosis, Biomarkers, Blood-Based Biomarkers, Breaking Bad News, Case Identification and Screening, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Cognitive Screening, CSF Biomarkers, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnosis and Support, Differential Diagnosis, Disclosure of Diagnosis, fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE), Plasma Biomarkers, Screening, Screening for Cognitive Impairment, Screening for Dementia, Systematic Review of Screening for Dementia in the Older Population
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Concerning the Diagnostic Accuracy of Plasma and CSF Biomarkers (Cochrane Database)
Summary This systematic review investigates the diagnostic accuracy of blood plasma and CSF Aß levels for detecting patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and who are likely to progress to Alzheimer’s Disease or other types of dementia. The accuracy of … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Systematic Reviews, UK
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Tagged Aß40, Aß42, ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (Now the Alzheimer's Association), Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers, Amyloid, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Apolipoprotein E, Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Biomarker Assessments in Alzheimer’s Disease, Biomarker Assessments in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials, Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Blood-Based Biomarkers, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: Cambridge University, Candidate Blood Proteome Markers, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Cochrane Register of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Response to Progression of Pathophysiology, Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, CSF Aß Levels, CSF Aβ, CSF Biomarkers, CSF Tau, Dementia Screening, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), Diagnostic Test Accuracy, Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease, Early Detection of Preclinical Disease, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Differential Diagnosis, Early Screening, Fluid and Imaging Biomarkers, Imperial College London, Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, β-amyloid, β-Amyloid 1-42 (Aβ42), MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Neurodegeneration, NINCDS-ADRDA Criteria, NINCDS-ADRDA: National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association, Plasma Biomarkers, Plasma Proteins, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Transition from Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Oxford: Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, US Alzheimer's Association, Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA)
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Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Spinal Fluid? (NHS Choices / Cell Reports)
Summary A recent diagnostic study has investigated the possibility of diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease, years before disease onset, using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The technique for identifying people with Alzheimer’s Disease would be based on detecting very small amounts of abnormal (misfolded) … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aβ-PMCA, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Alzheimer’s Early Screening, Amprion Inc., Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Assessment and Diagnosis, Behind the Headlines, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Biochemical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, CART Foundation, Cell Reports, Centro Dino Ferrari, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, CSF, CSF Aβ, CSF Aβ(1-42), CSF Biomarkers, CSF Tau, Cyclic Amplification of Amyloid-Beta Misfolding, Dementia Screening, Department of Neurology: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Detection of Synthetic Ab Oligomers by Ab-PMCA, Differential Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Early Screening, Improving Diagnosis, IRCC Ospedale Policlinico, IRCCS Foundation, Italian Ministry of Health, Italy, Lumbar Punctures, Milan, Misfolded Aβ Oligomers, Misfolded Proteins, Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Mitchell Foundation, MIUR, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurology Unit: Università di Milano, Non-AD Neurodegenerative Diseases (NANDs), Nondegenerative Neurological Diseases (NNDs), Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification (PMCA), Screening, Spinal Fluid, Timely Diagnosis, Università di Milano, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA
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Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Diagnosis, Screening, Assessment and Symptoms
Some of the following articles are available freely. The full-text of the other articles may need a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or payment for access. The Bibliographic Citations Zhang, J. Zhang, CH. Li, RJ. [et al] (2013). Accuracy … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Assessment and Diagnosis, Biomarkers, Blood Proteome Markers, Cerebral Vascular Disease, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Biomarkers, Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia Screening, Diagnosis and Assessment, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Disclosure of Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis, Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, Emotions (Upon Disclosure of Diagnosis, Experiences of Diagnosis, GRECOG-VASC Study Group, Impact of Diagnosis, Improving Diagnosis, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Screening, Screening for Dementia, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Urinary AD7c-NTP
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Brain Scans Distinguish Between Dementia Types (BBC News / Neurology)
Summary Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania believe they may have discovered how to distinguish between different types of dementia without the need for invasive lumbar puncture tests to obtain cerebrospinal fluid (csf). Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia share similar features and symptoms and can … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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