Curr Alzheimer Res
December 2024
Introduction: Alzheimer's disease is a chronic brain disease that includes memory and language disorders. This disease, which is considered the most common cause of dementia worldwide, accounts for 60-80% of all dementia cases. Recent studies suggest that the cerebellum may play a role in cognitive functions as well as motor functions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMost potential major complications in endoscopic sinus surgery are related to the ethmoid bone. To prevent complications, it is necessary to define the concept of a "dangerous ethmoid." The coronal multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scans of a total of 271 patients, including 101 patients under 18 years old and 170 patients over 18 years old, were examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The Corpus Callosum (CC) is the largest commissural tract in the nervous system. Few studies have examined the extent of CC in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, and these studies have reported conflicting findings.
Materials And Methods: The study was performed using 176 brain MRI images of 88 Alzheimer's patients (55 women-32 men) and 88 healthy individuals (44 women-44 men).
This study has been planned and executed as a field study for identifying the effect of physical environment on the stress levels of hemodialysis nurses who work in the official and private hemodialysis centers in the capital city of Turkey, Ankara (n=161). According to the results obtained from the study, it has been seen that "education level" and "institution of employment" of the hemodialysis nurses are significantly related with the stress levels of the hemodialysis nurses. Nurses' age, marital status, number of children, occupational seniority, years of working, employment status, husbands' occupation and husbands' educational levels are not significantly related with their stress levels.
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