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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing, China.
Background: Effective early intervention of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the key for preventing dementia. However, there is currently no drug for MCI. As a multi-targeted neuroprotective agent, butylphthalide has been demonstrated to repair cognition in patients with vascular cognitive impairment, and has the potential to treat MCI due to Alzheimer's disease (AD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Alzheimer's disease (AD) presents unique challenges in clinical trials involving small molecules. Multifaceted issues plague such trials, emphasizing susceptibility to fraud from clinical sites and "professional patients". The relative ease of simulating Alzheimer's diagnosis, coupled with inadequate oversight by Contract Research Organizations (CROs), creates fertile ground for deceptive practices.
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December 2024
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) presents challenges with its complex neurodegenerative mechanisms, leading to a high failure rate in clinical trials. While drug repositioning offers a cost-effective solution, the lack of a subtype-driven strategy hinders success. Previously, we defined genetic subtypes and their prioritized genes for each genetic subtype (Sahelijo et al.
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December 2024
Memory and Aging Center, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Background: Aging associates with decreased functional connectivity between brain regions linked to musical rhythm perception. Producing rhythmic music may result in strengthened functional connectivity of these regions, but more evidence is needed to support intervention design. Currently, few studies directly contrast younger and older adults' rhythmic music performance to understand brain-behavior relationships.
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December 2024
UCL, institute Of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom.
Background: Proper name anomia is a common experience that can become amplified in patients with a diagnosis of dementia (PWD). The Gotcha! app aims to provide practice-based therapy for PWD to relearn the names of key people in their lives. It has been developed according to the principles of errorless learning, which have previously been shown to improve the remembering the familiar people's names and benefit the relationship between the PWD and their loved ones.
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