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Are medical doctors in Latin America prepared to deal with the dementia epidemic?
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-12)
It is estimated that 60% of all people living with dementia today reside in low and middle-income countries, like those in Latin America, and this proportion is expected to increase (WHO, 2015). In some of these countries, ...
Dementia caregiving across Latin America and the Caribbean and brain health diplomacy
(Elsevier, 2021-04-01)
The prevalence of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean is growing rapidly, increasing the burden placed on caregivers. Exacerbated by fragile health-care systems, unstable economies, and extensive inequalities, ...
Latin America has been under-represented in dementia clinical trials, we must turn the corner…
(Corporación Universidad de la CostaBarranquilla, Colombia, 2023)
Latin America has been under-represented in dementia clinical trials, we must turn the corner
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2022)
Moving from neurodegenerative dementias, to cognitive proteinopathies, replacing ''where'' by ''what''…Passando de demencias neurodegenerativas para proteinopatias cognitivas, substituindo ''onde'' por ''0 que''…
(Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, 2020-09-18)
Neurodegenerative dementias have been described based on their phenotype, in relation to selective degeneration occurring in a particular neuroanatomical system. More recently however, the term proteinopathy has been ...
Excessive urokinase-type plasminogen activator activity in the euglobulin fraction of patients with Alzheimer-type dementia
(Elsevier, 1996-07-01)
We examined the activity of the serine protease urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) present in the euglobulin fraction of plasma from 17 demented patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), 12 patients with ...
Dementia resources in Argentina: policy, services, and statistics overview-up to date
(Springer, 2019)
Argentina, the second largest country in South America, has traditionally been involved in caring for elderly. In 1971 the National Government created the Institute for the Elderly to take care of the social and medical ...
Oxidative stress in Alzheimer's and vascular dementias: masking of the antioxidant profiles by a concomitant Type II diabetes mellitus condition
(Elsevier, 2004-03-15)
Oxidative stress is associated with Alzheimer's (DAT) and vascular (VD) dementias, as well as Type II diabetes mellitus (DIAB) and affected by hypoglycemic therapy. The population ( n=122; males=60; mean age=72.57±7.06) ...
Behavioral symptoms related to cognitive impairment
(Dovepress, 2013-09)
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are core features of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. On one hand, behavioral symptoms in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can indicate an increased risk of progressing ...