Sökning: "Cognitive Impairment"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 419 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cognitive Impairment.
21. Metabolic Health and Cognitive Function : The Roles of Lifestyle and Shift Work
Sammanfattning : The risk of cognitive impairment and metabolic disturbances increases during aging. Healthy lifestyle habits, such as a regular intake of fatty fish and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MeDi), have been shown to slow age-related cognitive decline and decrease the risk of metabolic disturbances. LÄS MER
22. The endocrine system in the progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia
Sammanfattning : Background and aims: Endocrine alterations have been related to cognitive decline, but the role of hormones may vary along the progression to manifest dementia. The overall aim of this thesis was to assess whether thyroid hormones (THs) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) are dysregulated around the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). LÄS MER
23. Prediction of Alzheimer’s disease in subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment using biomarkers
Sammanfattning : Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. In order to have effect of future disease-modifying therapies for AD, the disease must be identified early, before the patients have developed dementia. Many patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) have prodromal AD, but other causes for the syndrome are common. LÄS MER
24. Subjective cognitive decline in memory clinic patients - characteristics and clinical relevance : Results from Sahlgrenska University Hospital Memory Clinic in Mölndal
Sammanfattning : Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) refers to concerns – symptoms - regarding one’s cognitive functioning, in the absence of objective evidence of impairment. SCD has been described as a possible stage preceding mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. LÄS MER
25. The biology of cognitive decline and reduced survival in Parkinson disease : prognostic factors in a population-based cohort
Sammanfattning : Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects about 1% of the population over 60 years. The cardinal symptoms are motor disabilities but cognitive decline is also common. About 50% of all persons with PD develop dementia within 10 years after disease onset. LÄS MER