Semantic richness influences naming pictures in old age and in Alzheimer's disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 55-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.R. Duarte ◽  
Christelle Robert
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Semantic Richness

scholarly journals Factors underlying cognitive decline in old age and Alzheimer’s disease: the role of the hippocampus

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 705-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa Jaroudi ◽  
Julia Garami ◽  
Sandra Garrido ◽  
Michael Hornberger ◽  
Szabolcs Keri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Associated Symptoms ◽  
Lifestyle Patterns

AbstractThere are many factors that strongly influence the aetiology, development, and progression of cognitive decline in old age, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). These factors include not only different personality traits and moods but also lifestyle patterns (e.g. exercise and diet) and awareness levels that lead to cognitive decline in old age. In this review, we discuss how personality traits, mood states, and lifestyle impact brain and behaviour in older adults. Specifically, our review shows that these lifestyle and personality factors affect several brain regions, including the hippocampus, a region key for memory that is affected by cognitive decline in old age as well as AD. Accordingly, appropriate recommendations are presented in this review to assist individuals in decreasing chances of MCI, dementia, AD, and associated symptoms.

Acute desensitization of lymphocyte beta-adrenergic-stimulated adenylate cyclase in old age and Alzheimer's disease

Life Sciences ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 35 (17) ◽  
pp. 1795-1802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Oppenheim ◽  
Jacob Mintzer ◽  
Yitzhak Halperin ◽  
Rami Eliakim ◽  
Jochanan Stessman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Beta Adrenergic

scholarly journals The Effect of Baseline Performance and Age on Cognitive Training Improvements in Older Adults: A Qualitative Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
J.S. Shaw ◽  
S.M.H. Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Baseline Performance

Findings that the brain is capable of plasticity up until old age have led to interest in the use of cognitive training as a potential intervention to delay the onset of dementia. However, individuals participating in training regimens differ greatly with respect to their outcomes, demonstrating the importance of considering individual differences, in particular age and baseline performance in a cognitive domain, when evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive training. In this review, we summarize existing literature on cognitive training in adults across the domains of episodic memory, working memory and the task-switching component of executive functioning to clarify the picture on the impact of age and baseline performance on cognitive training-related improvements. Studies targeting episodic memory induced greater improvements in younger adults with more intact cognitive abilities, explained in part by factors specific to episodic memory training. By contrast, older, lower baseline performance adults improved most in several studies targeting working memory in older individuals as well as in the majority of studies targeting executive functioning, suggesting the preservation of neural plasticity in these domains until very old age. Our findings can have important implications for informing the design of future interventions for enhancing cognitive functions in individuals at the prodromal stage of Alzheimer’s Disease and potentially delaying the clinical onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Future research should more clearly stratify individuals according to their baseline cognitive abilities and assign specialized, skill-specific cognitive training regimens in order to directly answer the question of how individual differences impact training effectiveness.

scholarly journals Position Statement on Anti-Dementia Medication for Alzheimer’s Disease by Swiss Stakeholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Giovanni Frisoni ◽  
Jean-Marie Annoni ◽  
Stefanie Becker ◽  
Tim Brockmann ◽  
Markus Buerge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Old Age ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Swiss Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

The present document represents the position of Swiss health-care associations, clinical and research centers, research-supporting foundations, and the association Alzheimer Switzerland regarding the care of persons with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. We claim that dementia is not part of normal aging but a disease developing more frequently in old age; early diagnosis and treatment of dementia is paramount; all patients with dementia have the right to receive state-of-the-art treatments; more intense information, education, and counseling on dementia are necessary; media should provide balanced and fair reporting of scientific discoveries on Alzheimer’s and dementia; all patients with dementia have the right to be treated; anti-dementia drugs should be used and accompanied by listening, compassion, and understanding.

P4-119: COGNITIVE PROFILES IN OLD AGE IN RELATION TO INCIDENT ALL-CAUSE DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (7S_Part_28) ◽  
pp. P1484-P1485
Author(s):  
Andrea R. Zammit ◽  
Charles B. Hall ◽  
Mindy J. Katz ◽  
Graciela Muniz Terrera ◽  
Richard B. Lipton
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Cognitive Profiles

scholarly journals Insula and Inferior Frontal Gyrus’ Activities Protect Memory Performance Against Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in Old Age

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 669-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Lin ◽  
Ping Ren ◽  
Raymond Y. Lo ◽  
Benjamin P. Chapman ◽  
Alanna Jacobs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Inferior Frontal Gyrus
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