Essays about: "longitudinal dementia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words longitudinal dementia.

  1. 1. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: Associations with Beta Amyloid and Potential New Cutoff Points on Neuropsychiatric Assessment Scales

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : David Christopher Wimmer; [2023]
    Keywords : Alzheimer s disease; dementia; neuropsychiatric symptoms; apathy; cognitively healthy; cognitively impaired; ROC analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) have been shown to be associated with Alzheimer's disease ( AD). They negatively affect disease outcome and could play a future role in the detection of prospective AD cases. READ MORE

  3. 2. Predictive MR Image Generation for Alzheimer’s Disease and Normal Aging Using Diffeomorphic Registration

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yuqi Zheng; [2023]
    Keywords : Medical Image Generation; Brain Aging; Diffeomorphic Registration; AlzheimerŠs Disease; Medicinsk bildgenerering; Åldrande av hjärnan; DiffeomorĄsk registrering; Alzheimers sjukdom;

    Abstract : Alzheimer´s Disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of dementia, signifying a progressive and degenerative brain disorder that causes cognitive function deterioration including memory loss, communication difficulties, impaired judgment, and changes in behavior and personality. Compared to normal aging, AD introduces more profound cognitive impairments and brain morphology changes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Understanding subjective measures of olfaction and cognition : A study on the occurrence of subjective olfactory and/or cognitive decline and their effect on future behavioral performance

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kognitiv psykologi

    Author : Andrea Aejmelaeus-Lindström; [2022]
    Keywords : subjective olfactory decline; subjective cognitive decline; olfaction; anosmia; cognition; aging;

    Abstract : Dementia is a growing burden for society, and it is of interest to discover it at an early stage. Both subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and subjective olfactory decline (SOD) has been associated with future cognitive decline and dementia. However, subjective measures have often been criticized and are still not fully understood. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigating the relationship between dementia and cognitive tests performance : do better scores on cognitive tests relate to a lower risk of developing dementia?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statistik

    Author : Emma Kwon; Markus Lindvall; [2022]
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    Abstract : In 2021, dementia was the seventh leading cause of death among all diseases in the world according to the World Health Organization (2021). Dementia is an overall medical term indicating deteriorated brain health associated with loss of memory, cognitive abnormality and difficulties in daily activities. There is no medical cure for dementia yet. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Use of Decision Trees to Detect Alzheimer's Disease

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Janis Pettersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Decision Tree; Machine Learning; Alzheimer s Disease; Dementia; Open Access Series of Imaging Studies OASIS ; C4.5; CART; CHAID; Weka 3;

    Abstract : Alzheimer's Disease is the most common disease of dementia, which may involve the decline of memory, communication, and judgement, yet it is hard to diagnose. The machine learning algorithms, Decision Trees, provide a possible solution to reduce the difficulty of the diagnosis process of Alzheimer's Disease. READ MORE