by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | Dementia
Abstract INTRODUCTION Distance to physicians may explain some of the disparities in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (AD/ADRD) outcomes. METHODS We generated round trip distance between residences of decedents with AD/ADRD and the nearest neurologist and...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | Dementia
Abstract INTRODUCTION Although glymphatic function is involved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), its potential for predicting the pathological and clinical progression of AD and its sequential association with core AD biomarkers is poorly understood. METHODS...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | Dementia
Abstract INTRODUCTION Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) lack mechanistic biophysical modeling in diverse, underrepresented populations. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a high temporal resolution, cost-effective...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, March 18, 2024 | Dementia
Abstract INTRODUCTION Degradation of fractal patterns in actigraphy independently predicts dementia risk. Such observations motivated the study to understand the role of fractal regulation in the context of neuropathologies. METHODS We examined associations of fractal...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, March 18, 2024 | Dementia
Abstract INTRODUCTION The exposome is theorized to interact with biological mechanisms to influence risk for Alzheimer’s disease but is not well-integrated into existing Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) brain bank data collection. METHODS We...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, March 18, 2024 | Dementia
Abstract BACKGROUND Wrist-worn actigraphy can be an objective tool to assess sleep and other behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD). We investigated the feasibility of using wearable actigraphy in agitated late-stage dementia patients. METHODS...