Examining the influence of gender, education, social class and birth cohort on MMSE tracking over time: a population-based prospective cohort study. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Whilst many studies have analysed predictors of longitudinal cognitive decline, few have described their impact on population distributions of cognition by age cohort.
Brayne, Carol +3 more
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Cognitive conjunction and cognitive functions
NeuroImage, 2004 We argue that conjunction analysis does not solve the problems with subtraction analyses that it sets out to solve and that it has additional problems of its own. We argue that detailed analyses of the tasks set to identify cognitive functions are required for both conjunction and subtraction analyses to achieve their goals of localizing cognitive ...
David, Caplan, Lauren, Moo
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Codex (Cognitive Disorders Examination) Decision Tree Modified for the Detection of Dementia and MCI
Diagnostics, 2019 Many cognitive screening instruments are available to assess patients with cognitive symptoms in whom a diagnosis of dementia or mild cognitive impairment is being considered. Most are quantitative scales with specified cut-off values.
Besa Ziso, Andrew J. Larner
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Pharmacological activation of the nuclear receptor REV-ERB reverses cognitive deficits and reduces amyloid-β burden in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]
, 2019 Alzheimer’s disease currently lacks treatment options that effectively reverse the biological/anatomical pathology and cognitive deficits associated with the disease.
Burris, Thomas P +9 more
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Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Function among Older Community-Dwelling Adults. [PDF]
, 2018 Diet may be an important modifiable risk factor for maintenance of cognitive health in later life. This study aimed at examining associations between common dietary indices and dietary patterns defined by factor analysis and cognitive function in older ...
Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth +5 more
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Efficiency Index for Binary Classifiers: Concept, Extension, and Application
Mathematics, 2023 Many metrics exist for the evaluation of binary classifiers, all with their particular advantages and shortcomings. Recently, an “Efficiency Index” (EI) for the evaluation of classifiers has been proposed, based on the consistency (or matching) and ...
Andrew J. Larner
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PLoS Medicine, 2005 BackgroundAlthough incidence of dementia is known to vary between nations, variation within country has not been explored because most incidence studies are single site or have insufficient numbers to compare sites. Few countries have conducted multisite
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“You’ve got a friend in me”: can social networks mediate the relationship between mood and MCI?
BMC Geriatrics, 2017 Background Social networks can change with age, for reasons that are adaptive or unwanted. Social engagement is beneficial to both mental health and cognition, and represents a potentially modifiable factor.
Jennifer A. Yates +3 more
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Residual negative symptoms differentiate cognitive performance in clinically stable patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder [PDF]
, 2014 Cognitive deficits in various domains have been shown in patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The purpose of the present study was to examine if residual psychopathology explained the difference in cognitive function between clinically ...
Krishnadas, Rajeev +4 more
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Cognitive Function Before and After Left Heart Catheterization
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 BackgroundHospital procedures have been associated with cognitive change in older patients. This study aimed to document the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in individuals undergoing left heart catheterization (LHC) before the procedure and the ...
David A. Scott +5 more
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