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A Systematic Review of the Needs of Children and Young People of a Parent Diagnosed With Young‐Onset‐Dementia: Informing a Nursing Intervention

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to understand the needs of children and young people of a parent with young‐onset dementia, to inform the development of a nursing model. Background Children and young people of a parent diagnosed with young onset dementia have a range of needs that are subject to change and aligned to their stage of development ...
T. Sobers   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentrations of the Synaptic Marker Neurogranin in Neuro-HIV and Other Neurological Disorders. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose of reviewThe aim of this study was to examine the synaptic biomarker neurogranin in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in different stages of HIV infection and in relation to what is known about CSF neurogranin in other neurodegenerative diseases.Recent ...
Blennow, Kaj   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Sleep in neurodegenerative diseases: A focus on melatonin, melanin‐concentrating hormone and orexin

open access: yesJournal of Neuroendocrinology, EarlyView.
Abstract Sleep and circadian rest‐activity rhythm alterations are recognised as inherent clinical features of various neurodegenerative diseases. Traditionally viewed as secondary manifestations of neurodegeneration, recent studies have revealed that disruptions in circadian rhythm and sleep–wake cycles can precede clinical symptoms and significantly ...
Simon J. Guillot   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impaired β-glucocerebrosidase activity and processing in frontotemporal dementia due to progranulin mutations. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Loss-of-function mutations in progranulin (GRN) are a major autosomal dominant cause of frontotemporal dementia. Most pathogenic GRN mutations result in progranulin haploinsufficiency, which is thought to cause frontotemporal dementia in GRN mutation ...
Arrant, Andrew E   +12 more
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Mini social cognition and emotional assessment: Diagnostic performance and neural correlates in behavioural‐variant frontotemporal dementia

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We aimed at validating the Mini Social Cognition and Emotional Assessment (Mini‐SEA) in a German cohort of mildly impaired behavioural‐variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) patients and healthy controls. The Mini‐SEA comprises the Facial Emotion Recognition Test (FERT) and the Faux Pas Test (FPT) measuring Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in ...
Cem Doğdu   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neologistic jargon aphasia and agraphia in primary progressive aphasia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The terms 'jargon aphasia' and 'jargon agraphia' describe the production of incomprehensible language containing frequent phonological, semantic or neologistic errors in speech and writing, respectively.
Rohrer, JD, Rossor, MN, Warren, JD
core  

Adult lifespan normative data (18–92 years) for executive function tests; the Stroop colour word test, COWAT and Hayling sentence completion test

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The neuropsychological assessment of executive functions is an important part of the diagnostic process for many neurological diseases and for predicting the ability of neurological patients to function independently. Unfortunately, for the majority of commonly used executive function tests there is a paucity of updated normative data ...
Patrick Murphy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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