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Tag Archives: Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms
Review and Timeline of Lewy Pathology (Nature Reviews. Neurology)
Summary This article traces developments in Lewy pathology since Fritz Heinrich Lewy’s 1912 discovery of the protein aggregates underlying Parkinson Disease (PD) in brain regions other than the substantia nigra. It was Konstantin Nikolaevich Tretiakoff who in 1919 found similar … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Center for Biomedical Research: University of Ulm, Centre for Brain Repair: University of Cambridge, Corps de Lewy (Lewy Bodies), Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Cambridge, Department of Neurology: University of Ulm, DLB, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagal Nerve, Fritz Jakob Heinrich Lewy (1885–1950), α-Synuclein, α-Synuclein Aggregation, Konstantin Nikolaevich Tretiakoff (1892–1956), Lewy Body Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy Body Parkinson Disease, Lewy Pathology: Timeline of Discoveries, Lewy-Related Pathologies (LRP), LRP: Lewy-Related Pathology, LRRK2: Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Gene, MAPT: Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau Gene, Medical Research Council (MRC), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology: Cambridge, MSA: Multiple System Atrophy, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), PINK1: PTEN-Induced Kinase-1 Gene, SNCA: α-Synuclein Gene, Substantia Nigra, Synucleinopathies
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Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behaviour Disorder May Predict Development of Dementia With Lewy Bodies (Mayo Clinic News)
Summary Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder is caused by the loss of the normal muscle paralysis during REM sleep. This tendency to “act out dreams” can appear three decades or more before a formal diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies in males, … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Issues in the Clinical Diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Translational Neurodegeneration)
Summary This article discusses recent progress, and problems remaining, in the clinical diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). The sensitivity of accurate clinical diagnosis of DLB is said to be low. It seems likely that it may be possible … Continue reading →
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Universal Interest
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Tagged (123)I-FP-CIT: (123)I-2beta-carbometoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane, Aβ Deposition in DLB, Amyloid Beta Protein, Antipsychotics: Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Assessment of Fluctuation Scales, Australia, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, CIND-PD: Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease, Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease, Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease (CIND-PD), DaTSCAN, Delusional Ideas, Delusions, Dementia in Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Dementia with Lewy Bodies Translational Neurodegeneration, Diagnosis and Management of Dementias of Lewy Body Type in the NHS (DIAMAND-Lewy), Diagnosis and Screening: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Differential Diagnosis, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dopamine, Dopamine Denervation, Early Differential Diagnosis, Fluctuating Cognition, Fluctuation Assessment Scales, Frederick Lewy, Genetics of DLB, Glucocerebrosidase Gene Mutations, Hallucinations, Hallucinations in People with Dementia, I-123 MIBG: Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzilguanidine, α-Synuclein, β-amyloid, β-amyloid Deposition, β-Amyloid Oligomerization, β-Synuclein, γ-Synuclein, Lewy Body Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia, Lewy-Related Pathologies (LRP), Low Dopamine Transporter Uptake, LRP: Lewy-Related Pathology, Neuroleptic Sensitivity, Neuroscience Research Australia, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, PDD: Parkinson's Disease with Dementia, Severe Neuroleptic Sensitivity, SPECT, Sydney, University of New South Wales, Visual Hallucinations
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Symptoms of Dementia (NHS Choices)
Summary This NHS Choices web page gives the layman an easy to understand overview of the various symptoms which may indicate the onset / progress of various categories of dementia. Useful links to further patient information are supplied. Briefly, the … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Patient Information, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged Dementia Symptoms, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Dementia with Lewy Bodies Symptoms, Fronto-Temporal Dementia, Fronto-Temporal Dementia Symptoms, Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia Symptoms, Symptoms of Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia Symptoms
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