Diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dementia

Cognitive impairment and dementia in Type 2 diabetes

Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment

Dr. José A. Luchsinger is Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Dr. Christopher Ryan is Director, Human Research Protection Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Lenore J. Launer is Senior Investigator and Chief, Neuroepidemiology Section, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National ...

Vascular cognitive impairment in dementia.

Vascular risk factors and cerebrovascular disease are common causes of dementia. Shared risk factors for vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease, as well as frequent coexistence of these pathologies in cognitively impaired older people, suggests convergence of the aetiology, prevention and management of the commonest dementias affecting older people. In light of this understanding, the cognit...

Relationship of Retinal Nerve Fibers Layer Thickness with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Dementia

Background and Objective: In this study, the thickness of the retinal nerve fibers layer(RNFL) was compared among patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's dementia, and healthy individuals (controls) using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) device. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 30 patients diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and 31 healthy sub...

Cognitive impairment and dementia in bipolar disorder.

In bipolar disorder (BD), impaired cognition has long been described as a psychopathological feature of abnormal mood states, or accepted as treatment related side-effects. More recently, neuropsychological studies conducted in older adults have led to the recognition that enduring, irreversible cognitive changes do occur in substantial proportion of euthymic patients with life-long BD, relevan...