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Liampas I, Folia V, Ntanasi E, Yannakoulia M, Sakka P, Hadjigeorgiou G, Scarmeas N, Dardiotis E, Kosmidis MH. Longitudinal episodic memory trajectories in older adults with normal cognition. Clin Neuropsychol 2023; 37:304-321. [PMID: 35400289 DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2022.2059011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the longitudinal trajectories and normative standards of episodic memory in older adults. METHODS Participants were drawn from the cognitively normal(CN) subgroup of the population-based HELIAD cohort, a fairly representative cohort of the older Greek population. Verbal and non-verbal memory were assessed using the Greek Verbal Learning Test and Medical College of Georgia-Complex Figure Test. Baseline and longitudinal associations of memory performance with age, sex and formal education were explored with linear regression analysis and generalized estimated equations. RESULTS A total of 1607 predominantly female (60%) individuals (73.82 ± 5.43 years), with a mean educational attainment of 8.17(±4.86) years were CN at baseline. Baseline analysis revealed a continuum of memory decline with aging and lower educational attainment. Women performed better in composite and verbal memory measures, while men performed better in non-verbal memory tasks. A subgroup of 761 participants with available assessments after 3.07(±0.82) years remained CN at follow-up. Composite memory scores yearly diminished by an additional 0.007 of a SD for each additional year of age at baseline. Regarding verbal learning, immediate free verbal recall, delayed free verbal recall and delayed cued verbal recall, an additional yearly decrease of 0.107, 0.043, 0.036 and 0.026 words were respectively recorded at follow-up, for each additional year of age at baseline. Women underwent steeper yearly decreases of 0.227 words in delayed cued verbal recall. No significant longitudinal associations emerged for immediate non-verbal memory, delayed non-verbal memory and immediate cued verbal recall. CONCLUSIONS In the present study, aging (but not educational attainment) was consistently associated with steeper verbal memory decline. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2022.2059011 .
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- Ioannis Liampas
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.,1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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- Athens Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Marousi, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.,Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.,Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Donders J, Forness K, Anderson LB, Gillis J, Benedict RHB. Performance on, and correlates of, the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test—Revised after traumatic brain injury. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2022; 44:42-49. [PMID: 35466856 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2022.2069231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Jacobus Donders
- Department of Psychology, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA
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- Jacobs School of Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Buffalo, NY, USA
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Conradi N, Behrens M, Kannemann T, Merkel N, Strzelczyk A, Reif PS, Rosenow F, Hermsen A. Factorial validity of a neuropsychological test battery and its ability to discern temporal lobe epilepsy from frontal lobe epilepsy - A retrospective study. Seizure 2019; 74:81-88. [PMID: 31855714 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2019.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Firstly, to evaluate the validity of a neuropsychological test battery in epilepsy patients, i.e. whether its tests sufficiently allow the assessment of the required cognitive domains in this specific group. Secondly, to examine its ability to differentiate between cognitive profiles of different subgroups of focal epilepsy. METHODS The test battery suggested by the German ILAE Chapter was performed on 207 epilepsy patients, and its factor structure was investigated by principal component analysis (PCA). To further examine its accuracy in two matched subgroups of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE, n = 35) and frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE, n = 35), a discriminant function analysis (DFA) was used. RESULTS PCA revealed eleven interpretable factors, accounting for 69.1% of total variance: Divided Attention, Reaction Time, Verbal Learning, Verbal Memory, Contextual Memory, Short-term- and Working Memory, Visuospatial Functioning, Space Perception, Verbal Fluency, Response Monitoring and Cognitive Flexibility. DFA identified six test to be most appropriate to discern TLE from FLE: WMS-IV Logical Memory, recognition; WMS-R Digit Span, backwards; VLMT, repetitions; VOSP Silhouettes; VLMT, delayed recall; and RWT Phonemic verbal fluency. Group membership was correctly predicted for 78.6% of patients using cross-validation. CONCLUSIONS As neuropsychological assessments are central in clinical decision-making in presurgical work-up of epilepsy patients, the appropriateness of the test battery in use is essential. The majority of cognitive domains are sufficiently measurable by the test battery and it is highly sensitive to differentiate between the cognitive profiles of TLE and FLE. However, the selection of tests assessing nonverbal memory functions requires further improvement.
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- Nadine Conradi
- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
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Küçükgüçlü Ö, Söylemez BA, Yener G, Barutcu CD, Akyol MA. Examining Factors Affecting Caregiver Burden: A Comparison of Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2017; 32:200-206. [PMID: 28403621 PMCID: PMC10852758 DOI: 10.1177/1533317517703479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study was conducted to compare the caregiver burden with regard to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and to determine the factors affecting the caregiver burden of patients with AD and FTD. A comparative descriptive study design was used. The sample consisted of 90 patients with AD and 44 patients with FTD and their caregivers. Sociodemographic questionnaire, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), and Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) were used. Descriptive statistics, t tests, χ2 test, and multinominal regression were used for analysis. No difference was found with subscales and the total score of the CBI, except time dependency scale. The total NPI and FAQ scores correlated significantly, and the MMSE score did not show a significant correlation with the AD and FTD caregiver burden. The presence and frequency of neuropsychological symptoms differ among patients with FTD and AD, and different symptoms affect the caregiver burdens in both groups.
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- Özlem Küçükgüçlü
- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
- International Biomedicine and Genome Institute, Dokuz Eylül University
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Burdur, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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Mouse models of frontotemporal dementia: A comparison of phenotypes with clinical symptomatology. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 74:126-138. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Arias Tapia SA, Martínez-Tomás R, Gómez HF, Hernández Del Salto V, Sánchez Guerrero J, Mocha-Bonilla JA, Barbosa Corbacho J, Khan A, Chicaiza Redin V. The Dissociation between Polarity, Semantic Orientation, and Emotional Tone as an Early Indicator of Cognitive Impairment. Front Comput Neurosci 2016; 10:95. [PMID: 27683555 PMCID: PMC5021699 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2016.00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The present study aims to identify early cognitive impairment through the efficient use of therapies that can improve the quality of daily life and prevent disease progress. We propose a methodology based on the hypothesis that the dissociation between oral semantic expression and the physical expressions, facial gestures, or emotions transmitted in a person's tone of voice is a possible indicator of cognitive impairment. Experiments were carried out with phrases, analyzing the semantics of the message, and the tone of the voice of patients through unstructured interviews in healthy people and patients at an early Alzheimer's stage. The results show that the dissociation in cognitive impairment was an effective indicator, arising from patterns of inconsistency between the analyzed elements. Although the results of our study are encouraging, we believe that further studies are necessary to confirm that this dissociation is a probable indicator of cognitive impairment.
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- Susana A Arias Tapia
- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación, Universidad Técnica de AmbatoAmbato, Ecuador; Departamento de Filosofia, Universidad Técnica Particular de LojaLoja, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Madrid, España
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- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación, Universidad Técnica de Ambato Ambato, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación, Universidad Técnica de Ambato Ambato, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación, Universidad Técnica de Ambato Ambato, Ecuador
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- Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, India
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- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación, Universidad Técnica de Ambato Ambato, Ecuador
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