Progressive cognitive impairment and familial spastic paraparesis due to PRESENILIN 1 mutation: anatomoclinical characterization.

Introduction: Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) due to presenilin 1 (PSEN1) mutation can induce atypical neurological symptoms such as movement disorders and epileptic seizures in the context of early-onset progressive cognitive impairment.

Methods: This study includes the anatomoclinical description of three patients of two generations of the same family with movement disorders and progressive cognitive impairment. All were evaluated by trained neurologists, underwent protocolized neuropsychological evaluation, and were assessed by structural (magnetic resonance) and functional (SPECT, PET-18FDG, or PET-18F-Florbetapir) brain imaging tests.

Dementia Risk Score for a Population in Southern Europe Calculated Using Competing Risk Models.

Background: Dementia prevention can be addressed if the intervention is applied early.

Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and validate competing risk models to predict the late risk of dementia based on variables assessed in middle age in a southern European population.

Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study of the EPIC-Spain cohort that included 25,015 participants.

Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease in the EPIC-Spain Dementia Cohort Study.

The Mediterranean diet (MD) has shown to reduce the occurrence of several chronic diseases. To evaluate its potential protective role on dementia incidence we studied 16,160 healthy participants from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Spain Dementia Cohort study recruited between 1992-1996 and followed up for a mean (±SD) of 21.6 (±3.

Incidence of Dementia and Associated Factors in the EPIC-Spain Dementia Cohort.

Background: Dementia has become a public health priority as the number of cases continues to grow worldwide.

Objective: To assess dementia incidence and determinants in the EPIC-Spain Dementia Cohort.

Methods: 25,015 participants (57% women) were recruited from three Spanish regions between 1992-1996 and followed-up for over 20 years.

DNA methylation signature of human hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease is linked to neurogenesis.

Background: Drawing the epigenome landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) still remains a challenge. To characterize the epigenetic molecular basis of the human hippocampus in AD, we profiled genome-wide DNA methylation levels in hippocampal samples from a cohort of pure AD patients and controls by using the Illumina 450K methylation arrays.

Results: Up to 118 AD-related differentially methylated positions (DMPs) were identified in the AD hippocampus, and extended mapping of specific regions was obtained by bisulfite cloning sequencing.